Senator Gaylord Nelson passed away yesterday. During his distinguished service as United States Senator from Wisconsin, Senator Nelson was the leading voice for environmentalism in the Senate–even before environmentalism became a popular cause. Senator Nelson introduced the bill which created the first Earth Day, on April 22, 1970. Defeated in the 1980 Reagan landslide, Gaylord Nelson continued his public service as President of the Wildnerness Society. Here’s a 1990 interview I had with Senator Nelson, for the magazine Relix.
For readers who would like to read my comments for the Volokh Conspiracy in a PDA format, here it is. I hope that one day there will be a complete PDA version for the Volokh Conspiracy, as there is for InstaPundit. In the meantime, I’m doing my part for mobility.
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