1976 in the environment

This is a list of notable events relating to the environment in 1976. They relate to environmental law, conservation, environmentalism and environmental issues.

List of years in the environment (table)

Events
  • Ongoing oil spills start in Nigeria leading to various environmental issues in the Niger Delta.
  • The Areas of Critical Environmental Concern, a conservation ecology program in the western United States managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), is established. The program was conceived in the 1976 Federal Land Policy and Management Act, which established the first conservation ecology mandate for the BLM

June
  • The NEPCO 140 Oil Spill took place near Clayton, New York when the NEPCO 140 ran aground while traveling inland, spilling an estimated 300,000 US gallons (1,100 m3) of oil into the Saint Lawrence River.

July
  • The Seveso disaster was an industrial accident that occurred in a small chemical manufacturing plant approximately 15 km (9.3 mi) north of Milan in the Lombardy region in Italy. It resulted in the highest known exposure to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) in residential populations, which gave rise to numerous scientific studies and standardized industrial safety regulations.

October
gollark: I don't know what "15 days to slow the spread" is or why I should care.
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gollark: Infection-based herd immunity is mostly a terrible idea for other reasons, such as tons more people getting it and dying, and massively overloaded hospitals.
gollark: Which is surely even *more* ridiculously rare than being infected twice.
gollark: I mean, yes some governments are being terrible about COVID-19 in general, that doesn't mean there's any issue with the vaccines.

See also
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