1969 in the environment
This is a list of notable events relating to the environment in 1969. They relate to environmental law, conservation, environmentalism and environmental issues.
Events
- After several oil spills in Europe the Bonn Agreement was signed.
- The Council on Environmental Quality is established in the United States.
- Tom Winslow releases "Hey Looka Yonder ", a folk song that has been the anthem of the Sloop Clearwater; it was the first environmental song by an African-American songwriter.
- René Dubos wins the Pulitzer Prize for So Human an Animal.
- The Santa Barbara oil spill occurred near Santa Barbara in Southern California in the United States.
- One of the many fires on the Cuyahoga River in Ohio spurs a number of environmental protection measures in the United States.
- Amendments to enhance the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil were signed in London, 21 October 1969
- The Endangered Species Act of 1969 is enacted in the United States