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With primary documents and colorful photographs, this book describes the toxic state of America’s landscape before two individuals, Senator Gaylord Nelson and student organizer Denis Hayes, changed attitudes and founded Earth Day in 1970. Glossary, Index, Timelines
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Publication
Apprentice Shop Books (2013), 79 pages
Description
Once, in America... chemicals killed plants and animals. Cars and factories filled the air with toxic fumes. Oil spills destroyed ocean life. The sewage floating along America's rivers was so thick it sometimes caught fire. The Earth was dying. Senator Gaylord Nelson believed that attitudes about ecology could change if people understood what was happening. He charged student organizer, Denis Hayes, with setting a plan for a national Earth Day in motion. What these men began on April 22, 1970, would change the world for the better.
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Language
Pages
79
Physical description
79 p.; 10.75 x 9 inches
ISBN
0984254994 / 9780984254996
DDC/MDS
333.72 |