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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... major items like reapportionment to minutiae like creating uniform accident reporting . Most of Nelson's proposals that had been killed in the last session were back — a constitu- tional amendment to permit state borrowing , his farm ...
... major bill , to his Spartan fourth floor den for " incredible , unvar- nished discussions " that included some humor and teasing , but also rig- orous questioning and inquiry.14 Nelson could get along without going along . He made ...
... major environmental laws and hundreds of other public lands bills to protect and conserve natural resources . " After Earth Day , nothing was the same , " environmental writer Philip Shabecoff said . Earth Day brought revolutionary ...
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