Nature: Chapter Three
by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803 – 1882 Beauty A nobler want of man is served by nature, namely, the love of Beauty. The ancient Greeks...
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Paul Lee
- Apr 18, 2001
- 2 min
Nature: Chapter Two
by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803 – 1882 Commodity Whoever considers the final cause of the world, will discern a multitude of uses that...
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Paul Lee
- Apr 18, 2001
- 4 min
Nature: Chapter One
by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803 – 1882 Nature To go into solitude, a man needs to retire as much from his chamber as from society. I am not...
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Paul Lee
- Apr 18, 2001
- 3 min
Nature
by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803 – 1882 In 1832, Emerson resigned his position as minister of Boston’s Old North Church. He traveled in...
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Paul Lee
- Feb 17, 2000
- 1 min
Kyoto Protocol
February 16, 2005 Kyoto Protocol comes into effect. Almost all countries in the world are now pledged to reduce the emission of gasses...
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Paul Lee
- Feb 16, 2000
- 1 min
Luna
December 18, 1999 Julia Butterfly Hill came down from Luna after concluding a deal with Pacific Lumber/Maxxam Corporation to save the...
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Paul Lee
- Feb 15, 2000
- 1 min
David Gypsy Chain
September 17, 1998 David “Gypsy” Chain was killed by a tree felled by employees of Pacific Lumber/Maxxam Corporation. Chain was in the...
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Paul Lee
- Feb 14, 2000
- 1 min
Julia Butterfly Hill
December 10, 1997 A 23-year-old woman named Julia Butterfly Hill climbed into a 55-meter (180 foot) tall California Coast Redwood tree....
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Paul Lee
- Feb 13, 2000
- 1 min
Unocal diluent spill
1994 Unocal diluent spill discovered. An 8.5 million gallon spill of diluent was discovered at Unocal’s Guadalupe oil field. This is the...
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Paul Lee
- Feb 12, 2000
- 1 min
Mono Lake
September 28, 1994 Mono Lake — court decided minimum stream flows must be maintained.
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Paul Lee
- Feb 12, 2000
- 1 min
Chernobyl
April 26, 1986 The Number Four reactor at Chernobyl suffered a disastrous explosion and fire. Thirty-one people died in the days after...
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Paul Lee
- Feb 11, 2000
- 1 min
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
1980 Congress passed the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, designating over 100 million acres of parks, wildlife refuges,...
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Paul Lee
- Feb 10, 2000
- 1 min
Three Mile Island
March 28, 1979 Three Mile Island nuclear power plant almost had a meltdown, giving the nuclear power industry a permanent black eye.
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Paul Lee
- Feb 9, 2000
- 1 min
Love Canal
August, 1978 President Carter declared an emergency at Love Canal. The Love Canal scandal alerted the country to the long-term, hidden...
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Paul Lee
- Feb 8, 2000
- 1 min
Tellico Dam
June 15, 1977 The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the 1973 Endangered Species Act and stopped construction of the Tellico Dam. In 1975, Law...
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Paul Lee
- Feb 7, 2000
- 1 min
Endangered Species Act
December 28, 1973 Endangered Species Act passed. In the famous decision of 1977 (see below) the Supreme Court validated the principles of...
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Paul Lee
- Feb 6, 2000
- 1 min
Water Pollution Control Act
1972 Water Pollution Control Act passed over President Nixon’s veto. The final tally was overwhelming: 52 to 12 in the Senate, 247 to 23...
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