Video - August 14, 2016; 3:00 PM ET. PHOTOS: Skywatchers capture breathtaking views of glowing Perseid meteors from around the world. News - August 14, 2016; 3:26 PM ET. From Croatia to the U.S., the Perseid meteor shower treated onlookers with a dazzling display.
That was unfortunate. Whether the organizers of last weekendâs rally knew it or not, the 1963 March on Washington inspired some of the pioneering activists who created the modern-day environmental movement. Some of those environmentalists participated in the civil rights movement that birthed the 1963 March. Since that time, however, the environmental and civil rights movements have never fully gelled together, despite some efforts to make that happen along the way. There were signs that the organizers of last weekendâs rally were again trying to connect the dots.
This policy grew mainly out of the environmental movement in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s during which several environmental laws were passed, regulating air and water pollution and forming the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).he goal of environmental policy is to protect the environment for future generations while interfering as little as possible with the efficiency of commerce or the liberty of the people and to limit inequity in who is burdened with environmental costs.