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[https://grist.org/article/love-it-or-hate-it-earth-days-just-not-what-it-used-to-be-what-happened/ by Kate Yoder 22/4/19 Grist] | [https://grist.org/article/love-it-or-hate-it-earth-days-just-not-what-it-used-to-be-what-happened/ by Kate Yoder 22/4/19 Grist] | ||
In the beginning, it was a policy-shaking event that awakened a new generation of activists. But now even environmentalists have misgivings about it. Sure, they can get behind planting trees and clearing trash out of rivers, but they have issues with Earth Day itself. | In the beginning, it was a policy-shaking event that awakened a new generation of activists. But now even environmentalists have misgivings about it. Sure, they can get behind planting trees and clearing trash out of rivers, but they have issues with Earth Day itself. | ||
=====Earth Day Used to Be Rad. What Happened?===== | |||
[https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/earth-day-used-be-rad-what-happened by Jason Mark 21/4/17 Sierra] | |||
It’s no exaggeration to say that the first Earth Day was unlike anything else in U.S. history. The day was sui generis: Originally concocted by U.S. Senate backbencher Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, it was picked up by a handful of young organizers worried about pollution. Then, unexpectedly, tens of millions joined in. On April 22, 1970, an estimated 20 million people participated in Earth Day activities. The U.S. population at the time was just over 200 million. Do the math: Around one in 10 Americans took part, making the inaugural Earth Day very likely the biggest single day of political activism in the history of the republic. | |||
