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Highway, Traffic Pollution & Human Health - Nagoya Institute of Technology, Department of Civil Engineering.
Osaka University - Water Science and Environmental Biotechnology - We take advantage of self purification abilities in nature and applies a biotechnology for conservation of soil and water environment.
Vaisala K.K. - Sensors and solutions for environmental measurements - Vaisala K.K. is a subsidiary of VAISALA OY, Helsinki, Finland which products are used in over 100 countires

Santa Barbara

Discover the city of Santa Barbara, California, the birthplace of Earth Day. A 1969 oil platform blowout off the coast of Santa Barbara led to a wave of environmental laws nationwide. That gave impetus to what we consider now the cornerstones to the modern environmental movement. A year later, the first Earth Day was held followed by the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency. A succession of other laws protecting water, marine life and endangered species followed.