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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... debate . Nelson loved to debate , and so did Melvin Laird , a Republican from central Wisconsin who had been elected in 1946 to fill the seat vacated by the death of his father . When he took office in 1947 , at age twenty - four ...
Earth Day Founder Senator Gaylord Nelson Bill Christofferson. 15 The Great Tax Debate THE LONG - ANTICIPATED AND INEVITABLE CLASH over a sales tax came in the 1961 legislative session and dominated the state's politi- cal debate for a ...
... debate was long , hot , and some- times personal . 24 " You're throwing us to the wolves , ” Muskie said . “ The Senator [ Nelson ] is putting a cap on my income , and he doesn't give a damn what the consequences may be for my family ...
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