Timeline
Year |
CitNet |
USA |
World |
| 1970 | 1st
Earth Day EPA created Clean Air Act Water Quality Control Act Occupational Safety & Health Act Nat'l Industrial Pollution Control Council |
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| 1971 | Cigarette ads banned from TV | ||
| 1972 | 1st
returnable bottle law (Oregon) Limits to Growth Water Pollution Control Act |
UN
Conference on Human Environment (Stockholm) UN Environment Programme |
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| 1973 | Small is Beautiful | Global energy crisis | |
| 1974 | Karen
Silkwood killed Safe Drinking Water Act Endangered Species Act |
CFC
danger reported World pop 4 billion |
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| 1975 | |||
| 1976 | Toxic Substances Control Act | ||
| 1977 | NY City blackout | North Sea oil spill | |
| 1978 | Love
Canal Three Mile Island |
1st test tube baby | |
| 1979 | World pop. 5 billion | ||
| 1980 | Global
2000 Report |
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| 1981 | Reagan Admin. begins | ||
| 1982 | UN World Charter for Nature | ||
| 1983 | Green Party elected in West Germany | ||
| 1984 | 1st Worldwatch State of the World report | Bhopal
disaster (India) Famine in Sahel |
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| 1985 | Rainbow
Warrior blown up by French Ozone hole discovered in Antarctic |
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| 1986 | Chernobyl
(Ukraine) Montreal CFC Protocol |
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| 1987 | Our Common Future (Brundtland Report) | ||
| 1988 | |||
| 1989 | Exxon Valdez spill | ||
| 1990 | US Network for UNCED formed. | ||
| 1991 | Persian
Gulf War World pop. 5.5 billion |
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| 1992 | US NGO Earth Summit delegation | ||
| 1993 | East Lansing Meeting;
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President's Council on Sustainable Development (PCSD) formed. | UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) formed UN Conference on Population & Environment (Cairo) |
| 1994 | CitNet General Assembly (Davenport, Iowa) | CSD-2 |
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| 1995 | CSD-3 UN World Summit on Social Development (Copenhagen) |
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| 1996 | National Strategy Meeting (Washington, DC) | CSD-4 |
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| 1997 | International Sustainable Communities Fourm (New York) | CSD-5 UNGASS Rio+5 (New York) |
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| 1998 | CSD-6 | ||
| 1999 | National Town Meeting for a Sustainable America (Detroit) PCSD disbands. |
CSD-7 | |
| 2000 | CSD-8 | ||
| 2001 | Citizens
Preparatory Committee for WSSD; Citizens Guide to the World Summit website |
CSD-9 | |
| 2002 | US NGO Caucus at WSSD | CSD-10 |
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| 2003 | CSD-11 | ||
| 2004 | Nat'l Campaign for Sustainable Future (Boston) | Boston Social Forum | CSD-12 (Water/Review) |
| 2005 | Citizen Forums on Sustainable Energy (WDC) | CSD-13 (Water Policy) | |
| 2006 | Citizen Forum on Sustainable Energy (NY, KY) | CSD-14 (Energy/Review) | |
| 2007 | CSD-15 (Energy Policy) | ||
| 2008 | CSD-16 (Agriculture/Review) | ||
| 2009 | CSD-17 (Agriculture Policy) | ||
| 2010 | CSD-18 (SPAC, Chemicals/Review) | ||
| 2011 | CSD-19 (SPAC/Chemicals Policy) | ||
| 2012 | Rio+20 |
