MNN Daily News Blog

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Hurricane Donna makes landfall in New England, and compact fluorescent bulbs are scrutinized.

The Yacolt Burn destroys 370 square miles forests, and the Fire Island National Seashore is created.

American Forests is founded, and a Danish economist challenges the environment.

Canada suffers its worst weather disaster, and Keiko the orca whale returns to Iceland.

Galveston, Texas, is destroyed by a hurricane, and the EPA adds the Hudson River to its Superfund list.

Unity College is chartered in Maine, and India begins developing nuclear weapons.

A bull shark is caught in Illinois, and PETA wants to change the name of Fishkill, N.Y.

Biologists hunt the Northern Snakehead, and a levee breach is repaired in New Orleans.

The 'Cod War' between Iceland and the U.K. begins, and Steve Irwin dies.

Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Wilderness Act, and Abbie Hoffman emerges from hiding.