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Henry Thoreau publishes walden and promotes people to have a harmony with nature. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walden?utm_source=chatgpt.com
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Group that first made and preserved Yellow Stone https://teachingamericanhistory.org/blog/john-muir-founds-the-sierra-club/
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Book that raised awareness about pesticides and ecological impacts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Spring
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20 million American citizens sparked environmentalism https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/april-22/the-first-earth-day
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The first ever major United Nations conference about human environment https://www.un.org/en/conferences/environment/stockholm1972
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Toxic waste exposure to Love Canal street raised awareness about waste https://www.epa.gov/archive/epa/aboutepa/love-canal-tragedy.html
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Russian power plant exploded with nuclear waste and created. No life zone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster
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World leaders met in Rio de Janeiro to discuss environmental sustainability. https://www.un.org/en/conferences/environment/rio1992
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First legally binding international agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-kyoto-protocol
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When 195 countries pledged to get global warming limit “well below 2C” https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement