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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... . Republicans controlled the state senate twenty - six to seven and the assembly seventy - five to twenty - four , and swept all of the state constitutional offices . In the state senate , Nelson was 62 Building a Party •
... in the next election . Sometimes they couldn't resist some partisan mischief , as when the eight Democrats in the state senate introduced a resolution commend- ing the twenty - two U.S. Senate Republicans who had voted to censure ...
... U.S. senator . Nelson , at a small dinner with Carrie Lee and their closest ... Senate . The governor's race was the tightest in the twentieth century ... Senate . Yes , the Wisconsin Democratic Party had come of age , won its third ...
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