WASHINGTON — Thirty-three years after he founded Earth Day, Gaylord Nelson is trying to shake things up again.
This time, the 86-year-old former Wisconsin governor and U.S. senator is trying to generate public concern about the expected increase in U.S. population from the current 291 million to 500 million sometime later in this century.
He’s using today’s observance of Earth Day to call on Congress and the White House to convene hearings on the relationship between sustainability and projected population growth.
Nelson also would like President Bush and future presidents to deliver an annual state of the environment speech.
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