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1948 in the environment

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This is a list of notable events relating to the environment in 1948. They relate to environmental law, conservation, environmentalism and environmental issues.

Events

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  • The Donora smog, an air inversion resulting in a wall of smog, killed 20 people and sickened 7,000 more in Donora, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It was a major air pollution incident in the US and was due to a combination of a specific weather pattern and pollution from industrial activity
  • The Great Plan for the Transformation of Nature, put forth by Joseph Stalin, was implemented.

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  • The takahe, a flightless bird indigenous to New Zealand, is rediscovered in a mountainous area of Fiordland. The population and range of the bird had been severely reduced following the human settlement of New Zealand.
  • The International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling came into effect.

References

References

  1. Hamill, Sean D. [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/02/us/02smog.html "Unveiling a Museum, a Pennsylvania Town Remembers the Smog That Killed 20"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 1, 2008.
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