Earth Day and the Beginning of Environmental Politics | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

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AMEX American Experience Earth Days President Richard Nixon President John F. Kennedy JFK President Lyndon B. Johnson LBJ President Gerald Ford President Jimmy Carter President Ronald Reagan President Bill Clinton environmentalism logging loggers EPA Environmental Protection Agency clean water clean air protests demonstrations carbon emissions regulations laws legislation ushist22 hunter lovins stewart brand george fallon pete mccloskey stewart udall
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History-Social Science
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Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
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Earth Day and the Beginning of Environmental Politics | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

Learn more about the first Earth Day in the United States and how participants gained the support of politicians for stricter environmental protections in the 1970s, in these video excerpts from Earth Days | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE.
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