The Man from Clear Lake: Earth Day Founder Senator Gaylord Nelson On Earth Day 1970 twenty million Americans displayed their commitment to a clean environment. It was called the largest demonstration in human history, and it permanently changed the nation’s political agenda. By Earth Day 2000 participation had exploded to 500 million people in 167 countries. Winner, Elizabeth A. Steinberg Prize, University of Wisconsin Press |
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... River became the impetus to save the last clean river near a major met- ropolitan area in the entire Midwest . Nelson played a leading role in the losing fight to stop the power plant and in the successful struggle to protect the river ...
... rivers , and the lower Saint Croix as a scenic , recreational river . To- gether , they would form the Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway . The Saint Croix plan was in the spirit of a national wild rivers bill proposed by the Johnson ...
... river frontage the utility owned on the upper Saint Croix . The company , whose development plans had started the move- ment to save the river , was now willing to give up its development rights to help bring it to a close . Eventually ...
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