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When it did so on June 22, 1969, news coverage of the event helped to spur the American environmental movement. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Since then, the river has been extensively cleaned up through the efforts of Cleveland's city government and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA). [ 12 ]
The environmental movement is an international movement, represented by a range of environmental organizations, from enterprises to grassroots and varies from country to country. Due to its large membership, varying and strong beliefs, and occasionally speculative nature, the environmental movement is not always united in its goals.
The state is fourth in the country in total wells drilled, including natural gas, only trailing Texas, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania, and having drilled 1,048 new wells in 2008. [7] Offshore oil drilling in Lake Erie first occurred in 1913, and the lake is home to oil reserves. Ohio has the second largest oil refining capacity in the Midwest. [15]
The State of the Environmental Movement Thoreau Institute; History of the environmental movement - Jeremiah Hall; A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for a Living Planet - Documentary film directed and written by Mark Kitchell. Explores 50 years of environmental activism in the USA. Inspired by the book of the same name by Philip Shabecoff.
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Environmental justice or eco-justice, is a social movement to address environmental injustice, which occurs when poor or marginalized communities are harmed by hazardous waste, resource extraction, and other land uses from which they do not benefit. [187] [188] The movement began in the United States in the 1980s.
This category includes articles relating to the natural environment of the U.S. state of Ohio. Subcategories This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total.
Shaded relief map of the United States, showing 10 geological provinces The richly textured landscape of the United States is a product of the dueling forces of plate tectonics, weathering and erosion. Over the 4.5 billion-year history of the Earth, tectonic upheavals and colliding plates have raised great mountain ranges while the forces of ...