Gaylord Nelson - Wikipedia
WEBGaylord 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 Promotes the First Earth Day - U.S. Senate
WEBGaylord Nelson Promotes the First Earth Day. United States senator Gaylord Nelson (D-WI) helped launch the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970. Years after his death, Senator Nelson remains an icon of the environmental movement. Senator Nelson used to say that he came to environmentalism “by osmosis,” having grown up in Clear Lake, Wisconsin ...
Obituary: Gaylord Nelson, politician who started Earth Day
WEBJul 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.
Gaylord Nelson | Saving Earth | Encyclopedia Britannica
WEBGaylord 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 …
Nelson, Gaylord, 1916-2005 | Wisconsin Historical Society
WEBElected to the U.S. Senate in 1962, Nelson gained an appointment to the Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Committee, allowing him to pursue his interests in natural resource conservation. He authored legislation to preserve the Appalachian Trail and to create a national hiking trail system, while sponsoring or co-sponsoring other conservation ...
What to know about Earth Day and how it came to be | AP News
WEBApr 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.
Gaylord A. Nelson, Founder of Earth Day, Is Dead at 89
WEBJul 4, 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.
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