In 1970, Sen. Gaylord Nelson and an enormous grassroots movement held the first Earth Day. Nelson’s daughter, Tia Nelson, discusses how the environmental movement has changed in the last 50 years.
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This story is broadcast as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story and a week of coverage focused on Climate Solutions to mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day.
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Would that we could vote for those with Tia's political wisdom and articulateness.
HAPPY EARTH DAY.
Earth: HAPPY STAYCATION
THE REAL ASYLUM NETWORK?
She picked up trash. At school for new Earth day. I was picking up butts at my school along with 20 other kids at school. For being late to class. Don't know what the other kids where there for. Nothing like exploting child labor. To keep your school clean. Go Corporate.
Oh yes, the day we have our annual tire and oil bonfire to honor earth day.
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Thank you!
We worked hard toward clean up and now we have anti science idiot in charge. It all went down hill when Reagan took office with his trickledown bs. He is gone and this is his legacy. I voted for Gaylord and miss his insight. He was what a true patriot was about. Protecting people and the planet.There was no total by partisan environmental legislation. Back then goper senators filibustered every bill for the environment.
She's forgeting the 'considence' that only a year after the first Earth Day in 1970.
Corporatist RW hack Lewis Powell wrote that disgusting memo of his, saying the corporate right wing was losing power and needed to retake it's control of the country.
Add to it the Buckely decision in 76 which was the foundation for Citizens United.
Thus, there was a massive corporate RW backlash to all this. 😒
And saddest thing is so many American's fell for it.
Aka: Electing a slimy, backstabbing corporate PR man in 1980. 🤢
Kim Brown: you are riding the cutting edge wave and always know the most enlightening people on the topic at hand. Thanks for your work
Weird how Nixon seems like a liberal now. If only he had gotten out of Vietnam sooner.
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Anything funded by the problem won't change the problem it will only make millions think somethings happening when in fact the only thing that's happened is things have gotten many times worst.
If you truly want change stop playing the death game and refuse to take part in it.