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<br /> <br />which rl'llcct a realistic Il!l(h:rstamlin~ of ecologic <br />rdatil1ll..hip.. and llcnh,_ <br /> <br />I hl' enllcqlt of regional \-lodics to ,kal with <br />cll\'irl1lllllCIlLII mailers that ovt:r1ap existing juris- <br />diclinnal tlllundarks is g,lining aecl'ptance ami <br />dTcctiwllc..s. <br /> <br />Indu..tr}', more and nwrc, is dcmonstrating a <br />dcsirl' tll IIVl'rCllll\e onst;lI.:ks to poliution control <br />and 10 male a pOSitive contrihution to l'nviron- <br />Illcnlall.jualllY. <br /> <br />I'l'opk all lIwr the CtlUnlry arc insisting: that <br />we ah;IIlJon the Ihychology 01 the blind bulldo;."er, <br />that Wl' rdrain fwm pdvin~ llwr thc w'hoh: world, <br />Ihat \h' ..lop pollutlllg thl' air and the water and <br />thc l'arth Ihe)' ;lTe takin!; thl'ir ca\es to the courts. <br />And th..:ir voice\ arc hcin~ hcard in corporate <br />hoard room.. anJ hy gowrnment ollici<.lls and <br />legislators at cwry level. <br /> <br />This last is the mo..t important of all-the <br />Wllllllitl1l1.:nl of cilizl'ns of all ages and from all <br />walk.. III Jill' 10 ":llviwnl11l'Jl(;11 sanilY. For Ihe de~ <br />ci..inlls Ih;ll ;lrl' heing made today, and that will <br />have to IX' made in the future. to prescrve the <br />enviwnlllcnt. arc truly dccisions for our whole <br />society. <br /> <br />Ihe choicl' is (lurs. Americ:J!ls arc thc privileged <br />ml'l1lbers of the free institutions or the richest <br />courm)' 011 earth, If WI.' haw thc will, if we make <br />sl'nsibk clwices, wc c.lIl build thc kind of world <br />we w;mt-for uursdvcs and for those who will <br />come after us. <br /> <br /> <br />"The nillClcl'n-sevcnties <br />absolutely must be <br />the ycars when America <br />pays ih debt to the past <br />by rl.'c1aiming <br />lhl.' purit)' of its air, <br />its walersOlnd <br />our living environmcllt. <br />Itislitcrally <br />now or ncver," <br /> <br />I'residcnl Richard M. Nl),on <br />January 1. t970 <br /> <br />:.' <br /> <br /> <br />( J <br />J.' <br />,." <br /> <br />3 <br />