The Atlantic Heats Up
(Pic Magazine, 1955)
Icebergs are disappearing from Canada’s Atlantic coast; forests are growing in the sub-Arctic of the east and air bases have been established on Baffin Island.
The Environment
Learn about environmentalism with these old magazine articles. Find information on the rise of American environmentalism.
Air Pollution Becomes a Problem
(Pathfinder Magazine, 1947)
This news article was penned a year and a half after the end of W.W. II and it concerns the steps various industrial cities were taking to limit the amount of pollutants that factories belched into the air daily. A year later, the Republican-lead Congress would pass an important piece of legislation titled the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
2013 marked the first time that the industrial powerhouse of China finally recognized that air pollution in the Beijing area exists and it is a problem. China regularly emits the lion’s share of green house gasses (a whopping 23.5%).