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Greta Thunberg on Whether She'd Meet with the President

By Greta Thunberg — 2019

Climate change activist Greta Thunberg was publicly mocked by President Trump on Twitter, and Ellen asked the 16-year-old whether she would ever meet with him to try to change his opinion on the topic. See more...

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How ‘Silent Spring’ Ignited the Environmental Movement

Though she did not set out to do so, Carson influenced the environmental movement as no one had since the 19th century’s most celebrated hermit, Henry David Thoreau, wrote about Walden Pond. “Silent Spring” presents a view of nature compromised by synthetic pesticides, especially DDT...

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Silent Spring

First published by Houghton Mifflin in 1962, Silent Spring alerted a large audience to the environmental and human dangers of indiscriminate use of pesticides, spurring revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water.

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