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Paul Lee
Apr 18, 20018 min read
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, 20012 min read
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, 20014 min read
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
Feb 17, 20001 min read
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 15, 20001 min read
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, 20001 min read
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, 20001 min read
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 11, 20001 min read
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, 20001 min read
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, 20001 min read
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, 20001 min read
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, 20001 min read
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, 20001 min read
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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