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Simtropolitan, Department of Conservation and Recreation, Simtropolitan, 2004

The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) is a state agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, situated in the Executive Office of Energy…

Tags: Conservation and Recreation, DCR, Department, Environment, EPA, Massachusetts

Underwood & Underwood, Muir and Roosevelt, Underwood & Underwood, 1906

U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt (left) and nature preservationist John Muir, founder of the Sierra Club, on Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park.…

Tags: Environment, History, John Muir, Sierra Club, Theodore Roosevelt, Yosemite Park

Michelle Arseneault, Waste Management, Michelle Arseneault, 2008 August

Waste management laws govern the transport, treatment, storage, and disposal of all manner of waste, including municipal solid waste, hazardous waste,…

Tags: Environment, Legislation, Regulation, Waste Disposal, Waste Management

New Zealand Defence Force, Rena Oil Spill Cleanup, New Zealand Defence Force, 12 October, 2011

Environmental cleanup laws govern the removal of pollution or contaminants from environmental media such as soil, sediment, surface water, or ground…

Tags: Cleanup, Contamination, Environment, Legislation, Regulation, Rena

Mark Dixon, DC Climate March - 2017, Mark Dixon, 29 April, 2017

The People's Climate March was a protest which took place on Washington, D.C.'s National Mall, and among 300 locations throughout the United States,…

Tags: D.C., Environment, People's Climate March, United States, Washington

Urning, Petra Kelly, Urning, None

Petra Karin Kelly was a German Green politician and ecofeminist activist. She was a founding member of the German Green Party, the first Green party…

Tags: Environment, Green Party, Nuclear Weapons, Petra Kelly, Politician

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Disaster

Tags: Accident, Anti-Nuclear, Disasters, Environment, Japan

Marina Silva

“Now more than ever we need sustainable development, and not the kind of development that we’re seeing right now. That means, a country that is…

Tags: Brazil, Deforestation, Environment, Marina Silva. Amazon, Senator

Ahunt, Quadracycling, Public Domain, 13 January, 2008

The car-free movement is a broad, informal, emergent network of individuals and organizations, including social activists, urban planners,…

Tags: Cars, Environment, Public Transit, Urban, Vehicles

Anders Hellberg, Greta Thunberg, Anders Hellberg, 27 August, 2018

In August 2018, outside the Swedish parliament building, Greta Thunberg started a school strike for the climate. Her sign reads, “Skolstrejk för…

Tags: Activism, Climate Change, Environment, Greta Thunberg, Sweden