Comments on: THE CLIMATE REALITY PROJECT ~ Is working in the trenches! ~ Al Gore https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2023/11/28/the-climate-reality-project-is-working-in-the-trenches-al-gore/ Just another WordPress site Wed, 14 Feb 2024 02:06:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Marsha Chwalik https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2023/11/28/the-climate-reality-project-is-working-in-the-trenches-al-gore/#comment-458736 Marsha Chwalik Fri, 01 Dec 2023 10:20:56 +0000 https://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=47801#comment-458736 National Historian To Lecture at Shepherdstown’s NCTC on History of Environmental Activism By Marsha Chwalik, WV Metro News, November 30, 2023 SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. — The collection of well-known names researched for a book by presidential historian Douglas Brinkley is remarkable due to their diverse backgrounds as well as what they have in common. Brinkley’s book Silent Spring Revolution chronicles the work of a host of historical figures who played a part in conservation efforts. Dr. Mark Madison, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Historian at the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown. He says Brinkley will talk about his research into the rise of environmental activism during a period called “The Long Sixties” from 1960 to 1973. Dr. Madison says during that time, DDT and widely accepted practices had almost wiped out some species of animals and set waterways on fire. Dr. Madison says the Endangered Species act was passed almost unanimously in Congress, and President Nixon signed a lot of environmental protection acts into law. Brinkley did part of his research on the campus of the NCTC in Shepherdstown, which houses a number of Rachel Carson artifacts. Douglas Brinkley’s presentation is set for Thursday, November 30th at 7:30 p.m. on the campus of the NCTC in Shepherdstown. The event is free and open to the public. National Historian To Lecture at Shepherdstown’s NCTC on History of Environmental Activism

By Marsha Chwalik, WV Metro News, November 30, 2023

SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. — The collection of well-known names researched for a book by presidential historian Douglas Brinkley is remarkable due to their diverse backgrounds as well as what they have in common.

Brinkley’s book Silent Spring Revolution chronicles the work of a host of historical figures who played a part in conservation efforts.

Dr. Mark Madison, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Historian at the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown. He says Brinkley will talk about his research into the rise of environmental activism during a period called “The Long Sixties” from 1960 to 1973.

Dr. Madison says during that time, DDT and widely accepted practices had almost wiped out some species of animals and set waterways on fire.

Dr. Madison says the Endangered Species act was passed almost unanimously in Congress, and President Nixon signed a lot of environmental protection acts into law.

Brinkley did part of his research on the campus of the NCTC in Shepherdstown, which houses a number of Rachel Carson artifacts.

Douglas Brinkley’s presentation is set for Thursday, November 30th at 7:30 p.m. on the campus of the NCTC in Shepherdstown.

The event is free and open to the public.

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