Vol. 41, No. 07

04/14/2025

In Their Own Words

“Dr. S. Dillon Ripley, secretary of the Smithsonian Institute, believes that in 25 years, somewhere between 75 and 80 percent of all the species of living animals will be extinct.”

— Earth Day founder and U.S. Sen. Gaylord Nelson (D-Wis.), writing in Look magazine, April 22, 1970.

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