Editing Earth Day (section)

== Earth Day 1980 ==
The 1970s were a period of substantial environmental legislation, including the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, Marine Mammal Protection Act, Superfund, Toxics Substances Control Act, and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.  It had seen the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency and the banning of DDT and of lead in gasoline.  Jimmy Carter was president.

The 1980 Earth Day effort was led by [[W. Michael McCabe|Mike McCabe]] and Byron Kennard,<ref>{{Cite news |title=Environmental Activist Byron Kennard Reminisces about the First Earth Day |url=https://www.eesi.org/articles/view/environmental-activist-byron-kennard-reminisces-about-the-first-earth-day |publisher=eesi.org}}</ref> and the general mood was festive and celebratory.  The principal Washington, D.C., event was a festival<ref>{{Cite news |title=Earth Day 1980 |url=https://thetandd.com/earth-day-1980/image_58ab7e6d-fde4-5880-b62e-e3ce56ee4f21.html |publisher=thetandd.com}}</ref> held in Lafayette Park, across the street from the White House.