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Out in Front on 'Big Science'

From the 1960s to 1999

On the House science committee for over 30 years George Brown led an array of science efforts, including one that greens look to as prescient -- he drafted the first national legislation that identified climate change risks. His voice and day-to-day work in Congress was at the front of the environmental movement.

Federal Climate Program Act

His profound accomplishments are especially missed now in the current era as anti-science positioning in the U.S. Congress threatens national and global security...

George Brown on the 'Big Picture'

Congressional Speech, 1969, Can Our Environment Be Saved

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Hands On Activism in Building a Foundation of Green/Environmental Protections

Congressman Brown / Science Committee in Front of Climate Action

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National Climate Program Act, 1978 / PDF

The first federal program established to act upon, and study scientifically the issues and risks of human-caused climate change.

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-- At the beginning...

1969, Speaking in Congress