Air Pollution History - Timeline\History of Air Pollution

Air Pollution History & Timeline

1990		The United States passes the Clean Air Act of 1990 focusing on the reduction of smog and air pollution

1970		The United States passes the Clean Air Act Extension of 1970

1956		The United Kingdom implements the Clean Air Act of 1956 in response to London's Great Smog of 1952.

1955		The United States passes the Air Pollution Control Act of 1955

1896 - Apr		Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius first used the term "greenhouse effect" in his paper "On the Influence of Carbonic Acid in the Air upon the Temperature of the Ground". Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science (fifth series) 41: 237–275.