On the recordFebruary 5, 1970
If we don't act now on all of these problems, we are not going to have an environment that is fit to live in in the United States within 10 to 15 years.
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presidency.ucsb.eduRichard Nixon: “If we don't act now on all of these problems, we are not going to have an environment that is fit to live in in the…”
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Remarks Following a Meeting of the Cabinet Committee on the Environment and the Council on Environmental Quality in Chicago
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