Climate Change 46 Years Ago

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On September 17th, 1969, then-presidential aide Daniel Patrick Moynihan wrote to President Nixon to alert him to the danger that the rise of carbon dioxide introduced into the atmosphere by fossil fuels would lead to the warming of the planet. “I would think this is a subject the Administration out to get involved with.” Here’s Moynihan’s letter.

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