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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... presidential cam- paign . The Progressive philosophy that led Wisconsin to create the nation's first presidential primary in 1903 “ has made and left Wisconsin in political terms an unorganized state , a totally unpredictable state , a ...
... presidential bug . That did not preclude others from promoting his candidacy . The 1976 presidential nomination was wide open on the Democratic side , after McGovern's crushing defeat and Richard Nixon's midterm resignation . Gerald ...
... presidential candidate . But Nelson was not a presidential candidate ; he was a senator from Wisconsin with five years remaining in his term , free to speak his mind . Nor was his statement a calculated effort to get national attention ...
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