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Sri Lankan King Nissanka Malla orders that no animal be killed within his capitol. Being in consideration of animal welfare about public health and sanitation and emotional effect of children.
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Forest code passed about regulating wood production for the Navy.
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City of Paris forces butchers to dispose animal wastes outside city.
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Philadelphia committee led by Benjamin Franklin tries to regulate waste disposal and water pollution.
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First modern municipal sewers in London, but water supply still frequently contaminated.
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A system was established to make sure regualtions were followed in factories. Changed child labor hours and allowed appointment of inspectors and a permanent Factory Inspectorate.
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Daniel Halladay introduces mechanical windmill, which for the next cuntury, pumps water for farm homes and livestock, and large windmills used to pump water for steam railroad trains.
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World's first hydroelectric pwoer plant starts operation in Appleton, Wisconsin.
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General Federation of Women's Clubs founded in US. Focused on conservation and ecology efforts, such as reforms. The federation developed national committes on forestry, waterways, rivers, and harbors.
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Water pollution lawsuit begins in Supreme Court, where the state of Missouri sues the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago's sewer system for polluting the Mississippi. Supreme court eventually allows Chicago to maintain a canal draining city seqage into the Des plaines River, and eventually the Mississippi River.
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Mine disaster kills 362 coal miners. Subsequent publiec concern leads to creation of the US Bureau of Mines in 1910.
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Public Health Act (UK) expands Alkali Acts to control any chemical process considered to cause serious pollution.
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River and Harbor Act gives Corps of Engineers task of surveying and planning navigation system for inland waters.
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Mandating safety and health standards for any business with a federal contract.
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First air pollution control bureau in nation, called Los angeles Air Pollution Control District, is formed.
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USs passes Air Pollution Control Act, Congress passes Dingell-Johnson Act, an excise tax on fishing tackle used to fund conservation projects.
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Opened at Sellafield in the United Kingdom. The 180 megawatt Calder Hall plant opening was seen as start of the new atomic age.
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National Environmental Policy Act signed to create the council on Environmental Quality, to give the President advice on environmental issues and review environmental impact statements.
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First nationwide Earth Day organized by Senator Gaylord Nelson and Dennis Hayes. It creates a national political presence for environmetal concerns.
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Un World charter for Nature passes by a vote of 111 in favor to 1 against (United States). Nature shall be respected, shall not be compromised, and all population levels of all life forms will be sufficient for their survival and habitats shall be safeguarded.
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International treaty bans all ocean dumping of wastes.
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International treaty bans all ocean dumping of wastes.
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UN Antarctic treaty prohibits mining, limits pollution and protects animal species.
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Held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The conference focuses on five issues: Assistence to developing nations, Rio Declaration, Statement of Principles on Forests ( forest preservation), Kyoto Protocols, and Aims to conserve biological share of benefits of biodiversity.
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President Clinton signs order restricting logging in old growth forests.
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European Union bans leaded gasoline as a public health hazard.
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Rain forest logging banned in New Zealand following a 30 year campaign by environmental groups.
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Energy bill introduced in Congress would include ethanol madates, nuclear power plant constution, and liability exemptions for MTBE users, electrical reliability measures and other items.
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Construction of Otacs, which use the cold water off of seas to convert into electrical energy without oil, coal, natural gas, or other fossil fuels.
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Law to protect water stored during dry periods is passed so it can be used for street and sewer cleaning.
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Workers used bladders as respirators in zinc smelters.
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United Nation passes an act to preserve mycelium.
