Profile of Richard Nixon and Earth Day 1970
Richard Nixon and His Importance to Environmental History. Richard Nixon was immensely important to our modern perception of being environmentally conscious. While his tenure as president of the United States was short, he was one of the first presidents to truly prioritize the health of our planet. Richard Nixon made his intentions on getting the United States on track for environmental success clear from the start. Right after his inauguration Richard Nixon made the statement that "resources that are so important to any kind of society that we want for the future. I don’t think we have paid enough attention to this. . . . We are going to do a better job than we have done in the past." via Science History Institute . This public stand was huge, while some argued if it was for purely political reasons, it didn't truly matter. The Environmental conscious of Americans was growing, and the newly elected president making a choice to promise change on a hot button topic was ...