Wisconsin Democratic Senator Gaylord Nelson is considered the brainchild of Earth Day, first celebrated on April 22, 1970, and embraced by President Richard Nixon, who went on to accomplish one of the best environmental records of all Presidents, considered just behind Theodore Roosevelt.
Later Presidents, and especially Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton (with the encouragement of Vice President Al Gore), Barack Obama, and Joe Biden—all Democrats—advocated for the environment, while Ronald Reagan in particular, and even more so, Donald Trump, have worked against facing the threat of climate change and global warming.
Instead, Trump is promoting drilling for oil and natural gas, mining for coal, and cutting down forest lands, all undermining the future of the planet, and American conservation of natural resources.
Already, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin is on a campaign to reverse the great progress made under Joe Biden and earlier Democratic Presidents.
Nearly Half of Americans Are Breathing Unhealthy Air as Pollution Exposure Numbers Reach Decade High
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/23042025/american-lung-association-unhealthy-air-report-pollution-exposure/
And Trump doesn’t give a f—k, in fact he plans to make it much worse!
A silent majority of the world’s people wants stronger climate action. It’s time to wake up.
“About 89% of the public want their governments to do more to tackle the climate crisis – but don’t know they’re the majority”.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/2025/apr/23/climate-action-public-support
EPA starts layoffs of environmental justice employees.
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/epa-starts-layoffs-environmental-justice-employees-rcna202287