Friday, April 22, 2022

Gaylord Nelson

(1916-2005) isn’t a household name, but one of his greatest environmental achievements certainly is. Nelson, a former Wisconsin governor and U.S. senator, founded Earth Day in 1970. Held on April 22, the idea was to force environmentalism into the national agenda. Within the year, the U.S. government formed the Environmental Protection Agency to tackle environmental issues.

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