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August 7, 2022

Steve Schmidt / GreenPolicy360:

It took 45+ yrs to pass real climate action called for in the 1970s with the first National Climate Act

Our #GreenPolicy360 network thanks Rep George E. Brown, a main mover at the beginning, who'd be smiling now if he were here

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• https://greenpolicy360.net/w/George_E._Brown_Jr

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Five + Decades of Atmospheric/Earth Science & Environmental/Climate Politics Activism

A Whole Earth Point of View -- http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Whole_Earth

Steven Schmidt, GreenPolicy360 Siterunner....

DYK? Yes, we do know, we remember the beginnings !

Beginnings of the Modern Environmental Movement

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"My friend George"

George E. Brown Jr

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By Steven Schmidt / GreenPolicy360 Siterunner

As a high school student, I met George Brown in the mid-1960s and we began to work, purposefully and closely, to make environmental protection a political reality. He changed the direction of my life and was integral to the founding of Earth Day in 1971 as he helped to set in motion my lifetime of environmental activism. George was looking forward to the 21st century, and especially to the challenges of environmental and earth science programs that he led in Congress for decades, until suddenly he passed away in 1999. George was an amazing man, a visionary who was a mover in the U.S. Congress for four decades, beginning in the 1960s when we began our friendship and work together on a political journey. Let me dedicate this GreenPolicy360 page to George E. Brown as both a biography and memorial. George will always be an influencer for me and his work and legacy is key to understanding my generation...

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• https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Earth_Day

• https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Environmental_movement

Why It Took Congress So Long to Act on Climate

• https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/07/climate/senate-climate-law.html

Bookmark Climate Policy @GreenPolicy360

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The 2022 'Earth and Politics' U.S. Legislation Carries Forward a Large Vision and Agenda

(Via Axios)

The bill invests roughly $370 billion into initiatives to promote clean energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, likely becoming the most important climate bill in U.S. history.

It gives tax credits to clean energy technologies, like existing nuclear power plants and advanced nuclear technologies, clean hydrogen, carbon capture and storage as well as wind and solar power.

It gives buyers who purchase North American-built electric vehicles a up to $7,500 in federal tax credits to encourage the adoption of electric vehicles while jump-starting America's electric vehicle industry.

It creates a methane fee program to fine corporations that emit the powerful greenhouse gas above federal limits.

Democrats have said the bill's climate provisions put the U.S. on a path to reduce its carbon emissions by up to 40% based on 2005 levels by 2030.

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