With the 2015 publication of "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home," Pope Francis' ecological manifesto, the Catholic Church stepped powerfully and clearly into the now-decadeslong public ...

“Let every individual and institution now think and act as a responsible trustee of Earth, seeking choices in ecology, economics and ethics that will provide a sustainable future, eliminate pollution, ...

Conservation's hour -- is leadership ready? / G. John Roush -- Conservation movement as a political force / Nathaniel P. Reed -- Groping our way toward an environmental ethic / Joanna D. Underwood -- ...

The first piece of legislation to lay down federal regulation of water quality, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, is passed by Congress. This act, known as the FWPCA , will go through ...

It was meant to be a natural-world Disneyland at the top of a California mountain. Never a stranger to the early-twentieth-century ideal of Americans conquering – and enjoying – the wilderness, Walt ...

In the 1960s and early 70s, an inordinate amount of our nation's environmental laws, programs, and agencies were created. There was the Endangered Species Act, the Clean Air Act, the creation of the ...

My wife, Harriet is a professional environmentalist. She has a degree from the University of London, worked in the UK government’s Sustainable Development Commission under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, ...

Historical and Cultural Roots. The European ancestry of environmental health ; Early environmental public health in the United States ; Environmentalism and economic growth ; The birth of the U.S.