List of years in the environment
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This is a list of years in the environment. The subjects relate to environmental law, conservation, environmentalism and environmental issues.
:Some of the more notable events are listed here with a full list on the respective pages.
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List of years
=1920s=
=1940s=
=1950s=
=1960s=
=1970s=
- 1970
- 1971
- 1972 - The Limits to Growth was published. The book is about the computer modelling of unchecked economic and population growth with finite resource supplies, and became both controversial and influential.
- 1973
- 1974
- 1975
- 1976 - Ongoing oil spills began in Nigeria leading to various environmental issues in the Niger Delta.
- 1977
- 1978 - The Amoco Cadiz oil spill occurred on the coast of Brittany resulting in the largest oil spill of its kind in history to that date.
- 1979 - The Three Mile Island accident, a partial nuclear meltdown that released radioactive material, occurred in the United States.
=1980s=
- 1980
- 1981
- 1982
- 1983
- 1984
- 1985 - the International Tropical Timber Agreement enters into force.
- 1986 - the Chernobyl disaster, a catastrophic nuclear accident, occurred at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine
- 1987
- 1988 - the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer enters into force.
- 1989 - the Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred in Prince William Sound, Alaska.
=1990s=
=2000s=
=2010s=
:: - 2010 is declared to be the International Year of Biodiversity by the United Nations General Assembly.
:: - The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico flows unabated for three months.