Environmental movements and pollution events

The history of environmental movements concerns the environmental movement, sometimes referred to as the ecology movement, a social movement that aims to protect the natural world from harmful environmental practices in order to create sustainable living. It is an international movement, represented by a range of environmental organizations, from enterprises to grassroots, and varies from country to country.

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   the history of environmental movements · Wikipedia · 31 min read

   The history of environmental movements in Europe and North America began with smoke abatement programs responding to rising smoke pollution during the Industrial Revolution. Great factories and immense coal consumption drove unprecedented air pollution in industrial centers, while after 1900 industrial chemical discharges added to untreated human waste. South Korea's Han River and Nakdong River were so polluted by unchecked dumping of industrial waste that they were close to being classified as biologically dead. Both countries had spontaneous environmental movements whose demands were linked with employment, occupational health, and agricultural crisis. India's environmental movement was underpinned by the Bhopal gas leakage on 3 December 1984: 40 tons of methyl isocyanate was released, immediately killing 2,259 people and ultimately affecting 700,000 citizens.

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   An Islamic Approach to Environmentalism - JSTOR Daily · JSTOR Daily · 2 min read

   Environmentalism as people in the U.S. typically think of it began in the nineteenth century, when nature lovers drew attention to the loss of wild land and called for conservation. Environmental sociologist Md Saidul Islam writes that this is just one historical track of environmental impulses. In the twentieth century, Moroccan-born cleric Mufty Imam Tajuddin H. Alhilaly applied the Koran to argue against factory pollution of oceans and air, which encroach on nature and harm living things. Alhilaly wrote, "The earth is our first mother," and "Therefore it has certain rights over us."

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   Silent Spring · Bookshop.org

   Silent Spring by Rachel Carson documented environmental harm caused by indiscriminate DDT use, brought environmental concerns to the American public, swayed public opinion, and led to changes in US pesticide policy and an environmental movement that led to the creation of the US Environmental Protection Agency.

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