Nov 5, 2015 · It turns out that in 1965, a group of climate scientists gave President Johnson a report on the dangers of increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere due to burning fossil fuels....

This 1965 report by President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Science Advisory Committee warns about the impacts of pollution and humanity’s role in curbing its effects. The panel suggests “economic incentives to discourage pollution” in which “special taxes would be levied against polluters.”

A 1965 memo to Lyndon Baines Johnson discloses the link between CO2 emissions and climate change — showing federal climate action could have started decades sooner.

Dec 29, 2021 · In 1965, Lyndon B. Johnson received the first presidential briefing on climate change. At the time, geoengineering—the intentional manipulation of the climate—was presented as one of the only possible solutions.

May 30, 2023 · The hazards of CO2 buildup due to the burning of fossil fuels was outlined in a 1965 report to US President Lyndon B Johnson. Here’s the text of the report, prepared by the Environmental Pollution Panel of the President’s Science Advisory Committee.

Feb 8, 2015 · Today is a 50th anniversary that few people remember. It was 50 years ago today that President Lyndon Johnson gave a special address to Congress warning about the environmental risks of excessive carbon dioxide from fossil fuels.

Apr 24, 2019 · In 1965, leading scientists of the day produced a report for President Lyndon B. Johnson on the rampant pollution of the environment. It included a section that summed up their understanding...

Nov 6, 2018 · John F. Kennedy was warned about “climate control” in February 1961, becoming perhaps the first American president to learn about people’s impact on planetary temperatures. The warnings never...

Feb 18, 2019 · Nixon’s predecessor, Lyndon B. Johnson, knew of the dangers of climate change and spoke of them in a special message to Congress shortly after his 1965 inauguration. “Air pollution is no longer confined to isolated places,” he said.

The release noted that Mrs. Johnson would open the Conference and that the President would make the closing address (see Item 277)- More than 800 conferees from private and public life would discuss "a wide range of topics concerning the effort to protect and extend the natural beauty of America."