The lost history of what Americans knew about climate change in the 1960s.
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As they searched troves of historical documents, they found plenty of other people were concerned about a warming planet, not just scientists, in the years before 1970.
“We discovered a universe of discussions by scientists, by members of Congress, by members of the executive branch,” Oreskes said, “and the more we looked, the more we found.”
https://grist.org/science/lost-history-climate-1960s-clean-air-act-supreme-court/
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