Environmentalism Then and Now Is Going Green New? You be the Judge…
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Then
Pennsylvania governor William Penn requires colonists to conserve one tree for every five cut down.
1681
ThenBenjamin Franklin petitioned the Pennsylvania Assembly to stop waste dumping in the Philadelphia harbor. He said it caused “poor smells,” disease, and violated “public rights.”
1739
Then
New York state assembly banned hunting of the heath hen, to save it from extinction. The species is extinct by the early 1900s.
1791
ThenNew York city officials appointed Central Park Board of Commissioners to draw up plans for what is now Central Park.
1856
ThenCongress authorized the building of O’Shaughnessy Dam in Hetch Hetchy Valley, with fresh water diverted to dry California and west coast.
1913
ThenThe first ethanol plant opened in Atchison, KS. The biofuel brand, Agrol, was sold throughout the Midwest with the slogan, “Try a tankful—you’ll be thankful.”
1937