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On April 22nd, 1970 roughly 20 Million Americans took to the streets to demonstrate their support for environmentally sustainable practices. Senator Gaylord Nelson, Congressman Pete McCloskey and Denis Hayes, a 25-year old from Harvard, built a national staff of 85 to get the word out and promote events across the United States. After the collective rallies around the U.S., both Republicans and Democrats worked together to create the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) along with the Cle …