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Last night 30 teachers at Vanderbilt University in Nashville Tennessee sponsored a teach-in on Cambodia and plans were made for a march to the federal building in downtown Nashville...
President Nixon relayed his sympathies for the environmental cause through an aide, but otherwise did not participate, perhaps in apprehension that Earth Day might turn into a confrontation. Besides, Denis Hayes, national coordinator of the Environmental Teach-in, had suggested that Earth Day should "bypass the traditional political process." Interior Secretary Walter Hickel, in a display of candor if not superior timing, told an Alaska Earth Day audience that a controversial 800-mile hot oil pipeline will be built from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez, despite concern that it will endanger fragile tundra along the way. The Administration holds that...
...serious discussion of environmental problems. Since then, even he has been surprised by the response to the idea. "It is nothing short of incredible," says Nelson, noting that 1,500 college campuses and 10,000 schools were scheduled to participate in this week's nationwide teach...
...Environmental Teach-In, Ehrlich offers advice. "I hope that the participants will zero in on the politicians, make it clear we aren't going to settle for their lies and do-nothing attitudes," he says...
...Environmental Teach-In, to be sure, is a commendable idea of which any liberal politician can be justly proud. The deterioration of the natural environment of America has reached a critical point. In a nation which reckons its yearly success on the continued bloating of the very Gross National Product, environmental concern is long overdue...