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Thors Instantenous Photographs, San Francisco, Lawyer and Judge Lorenzo Sawyer, University of California, August 2 1890

During Lorenzo Sawyer’s career on the senate, he made history and took a step forward for environmental rights. In 1884, the case of Woodruff v. North…

Tags: 9th Circuit, California, Court of Appeals, Environment, Judge, Lawyer, Lorenzo Sawyer, Mining

Adam Stein, Goldman Environmental Foundation, Goldman Environmental Foundation, 2011

The Goldman Environmental Prize is the world's largest prize program honoring grassroots environmentalists. Founded in 1990 by Richard and Rhoda…

Tags: Environment, Environmentalist, Goldman Environmental Prize, Grassroots

America the Beautiful, America the Beautiful Fund, America the Beautiful, No date

America the Beautiful Fund is a national non-profit organization started in 1965 to encourage volunteer citizen efforts and to protect the natural and…

Tags: America the Beautiful, Conservation, Environment, Nonprofit, United States, Volunteer

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

Unknown, John Muir, "The Father of our National Parks", Library of Congress, 1902

John Muir was not a 'dreamer,' but a practical man, a faithful citizen, a scientific observer, a writer of enduring power, with vision, poetry,…

Tags: Conservationalist, Environment, John Muir, National Parks, Sierra Club, US Forest Service

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

Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project, Department of the Interior, National Park Service (Design attributed to John Wagner), Don't Kill Our Wildlife, Library of Congress, 1940

This poster, which shows two deer running in front of a vehicle, urges the public not to "kill our wildlife." Created by the Federal Arts Project,…

Tags: Campaign, Environment, Federal Arts Project, Murals, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Foundation for the Arts, Scultptures, Wildlife, WPA

Office of Public Affairs: EPA, 1994- Christine Todd Whitman, First Woman Governor of New Jersey, EPA, 2001

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Tags: Christine Todd Whitman, Environment, EPA, Governor, New Jersey, NJ, Women

Flickr, Wangari Maathai, Activist, Flickr, 2001

Maathai stood up courageously against the former oppressive regime in Kenya. Her unique forms of action have contributed to drawing attention to…

Tags: Biology, Environment, Kenya, Nobel Peace Prize, Trees, Wangari Maathai, Women

United Nations, United Nations Economic and Social Council- Committee of Experts on Public Administration, United Nations, 2001

The Committee of Experts on Public Administration (CEPA) was established under the aegis of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in…

Tags: CEPA, Development, Economics, ECOSOC, Environment, Public Administration, United Nations