energy

Thomas Edison produces his first long-lasting light bulb.

English engineer Thomas Savery patents a steam engine for removing water from mine shafts; with subsequent improvements, the device would later drive the Industrial Revolution.

At the Gothenburg Summit in 2001, the European Council agreed upon a sustainability strategy for the European Union.

US President Bill Clinton announces the “Greening of the White House” to begin on Earth Day 1993.

The United States Green Building Council becomes the world’s first association for sustainable architecture.

The environmental protection NGO is founded in Vancouver, Canada.

The American company Bell Laboratories develops the first operational modern solar cell.

Robert Anderson, a Scottish inventor, develops a prototype vehicle that runs on rechargeable batteries, a major step towards the development of the electric car.