1980 in the environment

This is a list of notable events relating to the environment in 1980. They relate to environmental law, conservation, environmentalism and environmental issues.

Events

• The Global 2000 Report to the President is commissioned by US President Jimmy Carter.^[1]
• William R. Catton Jr. publishes Overshoot: The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change.
• President Carter signs the Low Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act of 1980

January

• Joy Adamson, a conservationist best known for her work with Elsa the lioness, was murdered in Africa. She wrote the book Born Free which was made into a film of the same name.

May

• On May 18, Mount St. Helens erupted violently. It takes decades for the area to undergo succession.

December

• The National Parks Act 1980 is passed in New Zealand.
• On December 2, 1980, US President Jimmy Carter signed the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, which provided varying degrees of special protection to over 157,000,000 acres of land in Alaska.^[2]
• US President Jimmy Carter signed the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, also known as the "Superfund" law, for the investigation and cleaning up of sites contaminated with hazardous substances.^[3]

Undated

• The Praslin Power Station is commissioned and installed in Seychelles.^[4]

See also

• Environment portal

• Human impact on the environment
• List of environmental issues
• List of years in the environment