This is a list of notable events relating to the environment in 2008. They relate to environmental law, conservation, environmentalism and environmental issues.
Events International Year of the Dolphin (Continuing 2007–2008) International Polar Year (Continuing 2007–2009) International Year of Planet Earth International Year of Sanitation Massachusetts enacts the first Natural resource protection zoning regulations. Amigos del Pandeño, an environmental organization in Chihuahua, Mexico, was established
February The Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy is launched.
March The Ecology Summit was held on Necker Island.
May The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act is passed in the United States. It has provisions for conservation and energy efficiency in United States energy law. The Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 is enacted on May 8, 2008.
June The 60th International Whaling Commission meeting was held in Santiago, Chile.
July The Agreement on the Conservation of Gorillas and Their Habitats came into effect.
August Concerns were raised about air pollution at the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, China.
September The Waste Minimisation Act 2008 passed into law in New Zealand.
November The Climate Change Act 2008 passed into law in the United Kingdom.
December The 2008 United Nations Climate Change Conference took place in Poznań, Poland, between December 1 and December 12, 2008. The Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill occurred when an ash dike ruptured at an solid waste containment area at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston Fossil Plant in Roane County, Tennessee in the United States. An estimated of coal fly ash slurry was released.
See also
Human impact on the environment List of environmental issues List of years in the environment
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