Yale Working Papers on Solid Waste Policy - The Yale University Working Papers on Solid Waste Policy publishes commissioned papers from experts on topics that have been neglected in the solid waste debate.
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.
