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Opinion articles about environmental justice in Chicago from NYTimes and Chicago Tribune, NYT 1984_2_25 and CT 1984_1_20_p347

The trajectory of the growth of the ES Program in terms of number of students graduating with an ES major, from 1968 to 1992.
No one graduated from the ES Program in 1988; In just two years afterwards, however, the number jumped to 15, an all-time…

Two oil tankers collided in San Francisco Bay, releasing over 1 million gallons of oil into the water. Hundreds of oil-coated birds were found and sent to stations to be cleaned.

After three years of debate, William Ruckelhaus, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, banned the use of DDT on June 14, 1972, with the ruling to go in to effect on December 31, 1972. Ruckelhaus said that DDT had sever health risks to both…

1,200 delegates from 100 countries attended the UN Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment to create a body within the UN to deal with international environmental affairs, create a "declaration of principles" to acknowledge that all countries…

Congress passed the Endangered Species Act in December of 1973. At first the list mainly only included charismatic megafauna, such the blue whale, tiger, and gray wolf, but in 1975 forty species of butterflies became the first insects to be…

Two years after the Oil Embargo of 1973, there are still fears that another oil crisis could occur due to the United States' dependence on oil imports and not enough domestic sources of energy.

Student working in Organic Farm and aerial view of farm, from 2009 environmental newsletter, caption reads "The College's Organic Garden has proven to be a perfect outdoor laboratory for ES majors"