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Viewpoint: Forty-three years of the environmental movement?

A Greener Life

In 1968 one of the most iconic moments of the modern environmental movement occurred when the crew of the Apollo 8 spacecraft took the first photograph of the Earth from space. In 1970 the world’s first Earth Day was held in the US, but we had to wait until 1990 before the movement went global.

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Analysis: What challenges face Chile’s new ‘environmentalist’ government?

A Greener Life

A native of Chilean Patagonia, Boric became known as one of the leaders of the country’s student protests of 2011. The president-elect, who is currently finishing his second term as a congressman, made environmental and climate change issues central to his campaign.