Manhattan smog: fog + pollutants. From 1971-77, the Documerica project captured 20,000 images of America’s environmental impact. Explore these through the National Archives. The photo below is from Documerica—join the movement! Let’s not forget our past, or we’re bound to repeat it.
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Still, for a short time, I was standing on top of the tallest building in the world.
Yesterday's conservative is today's woke libtard.
"We need governmental regulations." "Why? Because man hasn't evolved enough not to put his greed above all of humanity's needs."
Made sense then. Makes sense now!
https://www.nps.gov/articles/story-of-the-fire.htm
Now we wait for it to blow across the Pacific to us.
I wonder which contributed more to the cleaner air in Manhattan?
I lived there then. NYC had already banned incinerators, ConEd no longer burned coal, other local regs - but we were downwind from the oil refineries in NJ. On a windy day you could easily smell them.
A river caught fire.
A FUCKING RIVER CAUGHT FIRE!?
“Los Angeles's smog in the 1970s was so severe that it earned the city the nickname "smog capital of the world". The smog was so bad that people would cover their mouths with handkerchiefs, and some even thought it was a gas attack” —californiasun.co
We had to stay inside and play quiet games for recess on the worst days.
Our rivers had belly-up fish in hot poisoned water.
Our beaches were covered with tar blobs from leaking offshore tankers. The sandpipers left. You couldn't eat what you caught on the pier.
Yet rapist felon45 climate change denialist wants to reverse these achievements.
As a tie-in to today's fires, the clearest days as I recall were when the Santa Ana winds blew.
I care
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#ProLife #FamilyValues 😜
I moved away in 95 and I am amazed at how clear the air is when I visit.
That's partly why Christians are so destructive and reckless.
looking forward to checking out Documerica Thanks for the share @altnps.bsky.social
The incoming administration intends to deny climate change, reverse incentives to reduce emissions, and accelerate drilling and extraction
Andra Watkins
#ClimateChange #Project2025
https://open.substack.com/pub/andrawatkins/p/predicted-executive-orders-on-climate
The Clean Rivers Act helped.
(Interesting to see Nixon vetoed it and was overridden by congress.)
https://youtu.be/XVNuT4fkjAs?si=Fp3hLSCKqln5mVFJ
Progressive policies changed all that.
it's MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY, a federal holiday observed on the third Monday each year. "Federal legislation challenges Americans to transform the King Holiday into a day of citizen action volunteer service in honor of King." Spread the word.
My eyes and throat burned.
"He's making it official: If you write a big enough check, his administration will let you break the rules and drive up costs for working families," said one climate advocate.
It’s going to get worse
I live in NC now.The color is called ‘Carolina Blue’.