Apr 22 2008
April 22 1970 - First Earth Day - Worst High-Five
If one’s environmental record can be measured in high-fives, then this 1990 version by EPA Administrator William K. Reilly and Gaylord Nelson pretty much tells the story.
In 1970 a reported 20 million people celebrated the first Earth Day and Richard Nixon created the EPA to protect the environment and the public health. Only days ago, 38 years after the first Earth Day, President Bush committed to a national goal of halting the growth of U.S. carbon emissions by 2025. Now that’s progress! Gimme a high-five.
