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Environment & Energy

Doc Sportello

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Reply to shenmue (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 22, 2021, 08:28 PM

Jul 2021

The first Earth Day was in 1970 and the people who were "talking about" it and began the movement were the same ones who opposed the Vietnam War and wanted to live a life less dependent on consumerism and endless development. I was one of them and yes we were considered the radical left.

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