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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... hearings within a month after the election.19 Questioning the Pill The hazards and possible side effects of birth control pills - the Pill for short - put Nelson's hearings back on the nation's front pages in early 1970 and ignited ...
... hearings , Nelson said , were simply giving women information they should have had long before . “ What is trou- blesome is that these hearings are being attacked on the grounds that the people are being told something , " Nelson said ...
... Hearings on Drug Prices , " NYT , 15 May 1967 . 8. Patrick H. Sloyan , UPI , “ Nelson Probe Cites Drug Profiteering , " CT , 15 May 1967 , " Nelson Asks Why Drug Costs Vary , " CT , 22 May 1967 , " MD Raps Brand Name Use in Drafting ...
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