This is a list of notable events relating to the environment in 2008. They relate to environmental law, conservation, environmentalism and environmental issues.
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February edit
- The Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy is launched.
March edit
- The Ecology Summit was held on Necker Island.
May edit
- The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act is passed in the United States. It has provisions for conservation and energy efficiency.
June edit
- The 60th International Whaling Commission meeting was held in Santiago, Chile.
July edit
- The Agreement on the Conservation of Gorillas and Their Habitats came into effect.
August edit
- Concerns were raised about air pollution at the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, China.
September edit
- The Waste Minimisation Act 2008 passed into law in New Zealand.
November edit
- The Climate Change Act 2008 passed into law in the United Kingdom.
December edit
- 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 84-acre (0.34 km2) solid waste containment area at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston Fossil Plant in Roane County, Tennessee in the United States. An estimated 1.1 billion US gallons (4,200,000 m3) of coal fly ash slurry was released.