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ENVOR SICENCE
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savant leach
⟶ Updated 31 Aug 2018 ⟶
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• GOOD- December,1811 The Luddites, Leeds industrial region of England to the coming of steam powered machinery, replacing their skilled labor and leaving them jobless and hungry.
• 1812-Bad- first gas lights introduced in London by Gas light and coke co, but residual coal tar would remain an environmental problem well into the 21st century.
• GOOD- 1853-Aug.8 -Smoke Nuisance and Abatement Bill, physical enjoyment, the health, and the comfort of upwards of 2,000,000 of their fellow-men. He would not believe that Parliament would back these smoke-producing monopolists,
• GOOD- 1892- Inventor Aubrey Eneas founds Solar Motor Company of Boston to build solar-powered motors to replace steam engines powered by coal or wood (Butt & Perlin)
• BAD- 1893- 1,000 Londoners die in smog incident
GOOD-Lois Gibbs forms the Citizens Clearinghouse for Hazardous Waste now named the Center for Health, Environment and Justice
BAD-Dec. 3 — Bhopal disaster. Union Carbide Co. (Dow Chemical) fertilizer plant leaks methyl ico-cyanide in Indian town of Bhopal.
• BAD- 1990 / 91 — War in Kuwait and Iraq creates environmental disaster with massive oil spills and depleted uranium bullets. Asthma and childhood cancers rise dramatically in Kuwait and southern Iraq.
• GOOD-1993 — President Clinton signs order restricting logging in old growth forests