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  • EAP Task Force - EAP Task Force assists Central and Eastern European countries to cope with their most urgent environmental problems
  • FRAPNA Isère - Local french nature protection group for a region in the french alpes. Federation Rhône-Alpes pour la Protection de la NAture, section Isère.
  • Mediterranean Monk Seal - This is a private page to publicise the plight of the Mediterranean Monk Seal
  • Ministry of Environment in France - ministry of environment france

Santa Barbara

Discover the city of Santa Barbara, California, the birthplace of Earth Day. A 1969 oil platform blowout off the coast of Santa Barbara led to a wave of environmental laws nationwide. That gave impetus to what we consider now the cornerstones to the modern environmental movement. A year later, the first Earth Day was held followed by the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency. A succession of other laws protecting water, marine life and endangered species followed.