Earth day turns 50 today
The 22nd of April is the day we celebrate Earth day.
It’s been since 1970, when the wave of coast-
to coast completely gave the new born of a brand new earth in the United
states as it transformed its priorities and earth become one of them in
addition to landmark legislation such as the clean air act, more
significantly it has created a whole new global environmental movement.
The question now is what has been changed?
Let’s take you through this and find out what has gotten
better and what didn’t turn out to be better.
You remember the 1969 oil- soaked debris on
the Cuyahoga River, which was one of the worst environmental accidents that
lead to serious troubles for the residents of Cleveland, the
water was extremely dirty and unbearable over 90 percent of
drinking water was full of microbes making thousand ill.
Thanks to the environmental movement such
problems no longer exist, the nation’s water is significantly cleaner.
The global warming, something before the 70s
was just words on paper as saes became more acidic
and oceans temperatures have soared in the last decades because of the trapping
greenhouse gases and vehicles plus power plants.
All by earth day, environmentalists and policy makers all
consented that no local efforts will be able to solve the nation’s environmental
problems. Nations must stand together to limit pollution, plastic
pollution…
Back before the Earth day US was incredibly
dirty in matters of air, in the decade before1970, deaths from emphysema went
over 500 percent.
A few months later, the congress passed the clean
air act. It was a part of a wave of government action that would
include the creation of the environmental protection agency. And thanks
to all of that now America’s air is cleaner than ever. In contrast to other
rising developing countries like china and India who still sink under cities of
polluted Air.
What about the Renewable
energy?
Well! That is a term that was not very well known as the world
back then has only known the business of oil, but now renewable energy,
especially wind turbines and solar panels, have become
an incredible alternative to fossil fuels, thanks to tumbling costs.
Earth day has contributed in the animal
protection as well, while the bald eagle, the California condor,
the Florida manatee and other endangered species of birds, fish, mammals…all
rescued by earth day as the congress expanded laws that enforce
the protection of endangered animals and restrict activities that
could harm at-risk species.
You know the Ozone hole?
Well it’s healing, for years scientists have warned of a new
danger facing the earth, something which is caused by cars, factories and the aerosol
cans…
By 1977 the government had banned the chemical
in spray cans but obviously that’s is not enough to prevent the ozone
hole from expanding.
Thus in 1987 one of human’s most important moments
has come, known as the Montreal protocol, signed by the nations
of the world to phase out CFCs altogether.
The earth day is not just a day we celebrate but it’s a life
we all consent to preserve, a home, a shelter the only place we got and live
in. the only place we call home and if we don’t stand all together
to show solidarity and help each other maintain and protect our planet,
because it’s the only thing that guarantees our survival and the survival
and existence of the coming generations.
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