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Gaylord Anton Nelson (June 4, 1916 – July 3, 2005) was an American politician from Wisconsin who served as a United States senator and governor. He was a member of the Democratic Party and the founder of Earth Day, which launched a new wave of environmental activism.
Gaylord Nelson was a leading figure in the fight against environmental degradation and social injustice in the 20th century. Growing up steeped in Wisconsin’s progressive heritage and New Deal liberalism, Nelson began his political career as one confident in both the political power of ordinary citizens and the government’s ability to ...
Gaylord Anton Nelson, American politician and conservationist (born June 4, 1916, Clear Lake, Wis.—died July 3, 2005, Kensington, Md.), was the founder of Earth Day—first celebrated on April 22, 1970, to focus attention on the preservation of the planet’s natural resources.
Jul 4, 2005 · MILWAUKEE — Gaylord Nelson, the former governor and U.S. senator from Wisconsin who started Earth Day in 1970 and helped spawn the modern environmental movement, died Sunday. He was 89.
Senator Gaylord Nelson, the junior senator from Wisconsin, had long been concerned about the deteriorating environment in the United States. Then in January 1969, he and many others witnessed the ravages of a massive oil spill in Santa Barbara, California.
Gaylord Nelson, Founder of Earth Day | The Making of the Modern Environmental Movement. In 1969, Gaylord Nelson had an idea for a national teach-in on the environment to send a message to Washington that public opinion was solidly behind a bold political agenda on environmental problems.
Apr 17, 2024 · But it was a senator from Wisconsin, Democrat Gaylord Nelson, who had the idea that would become Earth Day. Nelson had long been concerned about the environment when a massive offshore oil spill sent millions of gallons onto the southern California coast in 1969.
Jul 3, 2005 · Gaylord A. Nelson, a former senator from Wisconsin who was one of the architects of America's modern environmental movement and the founder of Earth Day, died yesterday in Kensington, Md. He...
Apr 21, 2022 · One of the original titans of the environmental movement was the father of Earth Day, former Democratic Senator Gaylord Nelson from Wisconsin.
Jul 3, 2005 · MILWAUKEE -- Gaylord Nelson, the former governor and U.S. senator from Wisconsin who founded Earth Day and helped spawn the modern environmental movement, died Sunday. He was 89.
