An Earth Day victory for the Endangered Species Act

By: George Ochenski

Outlets: Daily Montanan

Published: April 24, 2026

Words: 618

Last Updated: 3 months ago

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Fifty-six years ago 20 million people across the nation celebrated the first Earth Day in massive demonstrations of support for a clean and healthy environment — one of the largest demonstrations in U.S. history which is now celebrated by 193 nations worldwide.

There’s no mystery about why so many citizens felt the need to do so. Simply put, our largely unregulated industrial activity had poisoned land, air and water — including the polluted Cuyahoga …

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