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In 1965, leading scientists of the day produced a report for President Lyndon B. Johnson on the rampant ... that summed up their understanding of climate change. “Through his worldwide ...

His escalation of the conflict in Vietnam has been widely considered Lyndon Baines ... of Earth’s climate change 50 years ago. … These climate scientists warned President Johnson in 1965 ...

Documents reveal that the risks of climate change were being discussed ... especially as President Lyndon B. Johnson’s science advisers and leading experts brought it to the attention of the ...

On this day in 1968, as pessimism over U.S. prospects in Vietnam deepened, President Lyndon B. Johnson met with ... That was a change from Johnson’s first series of such meetings, on Nov ...