There were days you couldn't even see the mountains at all, which, as a geologist and a Coloradan, pained me. But then something incredible happened. In 1970, a Democratic Congress passed the Clean Air Act, and it was signed into law by a Republican president. It's a reminder that clean air has never been a partisan issue. It benefits literally everyone. Clean Air act helped propel states like Colorado and others to turn things around to look at that pollution in a different light. (01:37–01:46)
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Asserts that the Clean Air Act was passed by a Democratic Congress and signed by a Republican president in 1970.
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