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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... bill , which has a higher priority than the Apostle Islands , but without success . We doubt that the President would want to spend the kind of capital which would be necessary to get the Apostle Islands bill moving , " the Budget ...
... bill to clean up pollution from ships and port facilities , requiring ships and large pleasure boats to install sewage storage or treatment facilities . The bill was simply the first step in an all - out attack on pollution , he said ...
... bill to establish federal regulations on strip mining . In 1965 Nelson had introduced the first bill to control strip mining and make mine operators responsible for land reclamation . At that point , more than three million acres had ...
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