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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: tntpal who wrote (1013443)4/26/2017 1:43:47 PM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (2) of 1577807
 
"In 1970, when Earth Day was conceived, the late George Wald, a Nobel laureate biology professor at Harvard University, predicted, "Civilization will end within 15 or 30 years unless immediate action is taken against problems facing mankind."

We took immediate action.

United States Environmental Protection Agency - Wikipedia
President Richard Nixon proposed the establishment of EPA and it began operation on December 2, 1970, after Nixon signed an executive order

Richard Nixon signed the landmark Clean Air Act of 1970
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In fact, some of us were already acting when he said that:

Dr. Arie J. Haagen-Smit was appointed Chairman of the Air Resources Board by Governor Ronald Reagan. First meeting of the State Board was held in Sacramento on February 8, 1968.


1969 Air Quality Standards were set by the new ARB for total suspended particulates, photochemical oxidants, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, and carbon monoxide.


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