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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... convention endorsement in 1960 cleared his way to oppose Nelson , with no primary , as Olson accepted the convention's decision.2 To give Kuehn room to maneuver on the tax issue , the Republican platform did not specifically call for a ...
... convention dele- gates . On 10 May , peace talks opened in Paris but soon deadlocked over Hanoi's insistence on a bombing halt . Nelson proposed a total , mutual cease - fire , followed by free elections and phased withdrawal of both ...
... Convention Action Imperils State Tax Bill , ” MJ , 12 June 1961 . 6. Aldric Revell , " Nelson Vetoes Sales Tax ... Convention Tax Decision , " MJ , 16 October 1961 . 13. William R. Bechtel , " Letters Hail Governor on Convention Speech ...
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