Browse Items (41 total)

Danilo Prudêncio Silva, Ecologia, Danilo Prudêncio Silva, 24 August, 2007

World Environment Day (WED) is celebrated on 5 June every year, and is the United Nations' principal vehicle for encouraging awareness and action for…

Tags: Awareness, Environment, Event, NGOs, Platform, Pollution

Debbie Bookchin, Murray Bookchin, Public domain in the United States, 11 April, 2007

Murray Bookchin (January 14, 1921 – July 30, 2006) was an American social theorist, author, orator, historian, and political philosopher. A pioneer in…

Tags: Ecology, Environment, Movement, Murray Bookchin, Planning

Dick Rowan, Sierra Club Nature Hike, National Archives, May-72

The Sierra Club, the largest grassroots environmental group in the United States, was founded in 1892 by environmentalist John Muir. They are…

Tags: CAA, Conservation, Environment, Grand Canyon, National Parks, Nature Hike, NEPA, Sierra Club

ERDC, GreenGov Presidential Awards, ERDC, 2015

With more than 1.8 million civilian employees, 500,000 buildings, and $500 billion in annual purchasing power, the Federal Government has an…

Tags: Agency, Clean Energy, Environment, GreenGov, Greenhouse Gases, Obama

Gabriel Moran, John James Audubon

John James Audubon was an influential naturalist and artist of the 18th century. In particular, Audubon was responsible for transforming the field of…

Tags: Animals, Birds, Evolution, Habitats, John James Audubon, Natural History, Ornithology

Goldman Environmental Foundation, Seacology, Goldman Environmental Foundation, 1997

Seacology is a nonprofit charitable organization headquartered in Berkeley, California that focuses on preserving island ecosystems and cultures…

Tags: Conservation, Cultural Preservation, Ecosystems, Islands, Nonprofit, Prize, Seacology

Harris & Ewing, Congressman T. Frank Appleby, Oil Polution Act, Library of Congress, 1905-1945

In 1921, Congressman T. Frank Appleby introduced a bill designed to limit oil pollution, a piece of legislation that would eventually become the 1924…

Tags: Anti-Pollution, Congress, Oil Dumping, Oil Pollution, T. Frank Appleby, Wildlife

Henry Hartley, Forestry Laws, Henry Hartley, 20 September, 2004

Forestry laws govern activities in designated forest lands, most commonly with respect to forest management and timber harvesting. Ancillary laws may…

Tags: Environment, Forest, Foresty Laws, Land, Legislation, Timber

John Alexandrowicz, Pollution Sign, John Alexandrowicz, Apr-73

This sign was on a gas station door across from a United States Steel Corporation Coke Plant in Clairton, PA. Prior to this, the Plant had been found…

Tags: Anti-Pollution, AQI, CAA, Clean Air Act, Emissions Limits, NAAWS, PSD

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