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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... Saint Croix A losing battle over construction of a power plant on the Saint Croix 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 ...
... Saint Croix and the Namekagon to be designated as wild 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 ...
... Saint Croix , 54 , 85 . 25. Ibid . , 76 , 79-80 ; GAN , interview by author , 24 June 1999 . 26. Karamanski , Saving the Saint Croix , 86 , 92 , 98-99 ; Huffman , Protectors of the Land and Water , 86-87 ; Tim Palmer , Endangered Rivers ...
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