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walkingman

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3. Reagan taking the solar panels off of the WH sent a clear message to those

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Mon Jun 6, 2022, 06:52 PM

Jun 2022

that cared about the environment. Much like the firing of the Air Traffic Controllers sent a anti-union agenda - his "the government is the problem" continues to this day.

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Just imagine where we would be if, since that first Earth Day, we had given the [View all] niyad Jun 2022 OP

I know. They_Live Jun 2022 #1

We have a new plan from our global oligarchs. Voltaire2 Jun 2022 #2

Reagan taking the solar panels off of the WH sent a clear message to those walkingman Jun 2022 #3

I believe those same panels are still in use at Unity College in Maine. Evolve Dammit Jun 2022 #8

Instead of "Don't Look Up" - "Just Don't Think About It." NoMoreRepugs Jun 2022 #4

Or we had listened to Rachel Carson from the beginning. TNNurse Jun 2022 #5

Or Jimmy Carter. kacekwl Jun 2022 #6

Oh, I loved what Jimmy Carter did, but Rachel came first. TNNurse Jun 2022 #10

I often think things like this XanaDUer2 Jun 2022 #7

Indeed. niyad Jun 2022 #12

The people dying in Ethiopia from drought caused by climate change are imagining that right now Kaleva Jun 2022 #9

This all is beyong heartbreaking. niyad Jun 2022 #11

This could have been prevented had the actions you said in your OP been taken Kaleva Jun 2022 #13

I marched in DC 3xs early - middle '80's for Solar and Other Renewable Energies... electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #14

I remember the first Earth Day. LudwigPastorius Jun 2022 #15

Your last sentence says it all. niyad Jun 2022 #16

...and if everyone had gone vegan. flvegan Jun 2022 #17