In 1990, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Earth Day, Furia assembled The Earth Day 20 Foundation, a group for which Senator Gaylord Nelson (the original founder of Earth Day) was honorary chairman.
In 1970, Barbara Seaman brought the dangers of combined oral contraceptive pill use to the attention of Senator Gaylord Nelson with her book The Doctors Case Against the Pill.
It is generally believed that the inspiration for Earth Day was the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill; however, Gaylord Nelson, the senator who proposed the idea, has never directly cited any direct cause for the establishment of the holiday.
Among those invited to address the two-day conference were United States Senator Gaylord Nelson, and Sigurd Olson.
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His early memo was later acknowledged to be inspiration for Gaylord Nelson who would lead the effort to create Earth Day.
He ran against United States Senator Gaylord Nelson in the 1968 United States Senate election and was defeated.