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By EDWIN B. ERICKSON
Rawahannock Neva Contributing Writer
Earth Day 1990 has come and gone, and it is already yielding tremendous benefits. The 20th anniversary of the original Earth Day, which was observed on Sunday, April 22, has mobilized thousands of people from all walks of life all across America. These people worked long and hard to ensure the success of the many and varied Earth Day events. They have translated their concern for the environment into action, in the hopes of motivating others to follow their example, for years to come.
The success of Earth Day 1990 should not be measured by the attendance at its many observances alone, but more by a legacy of increased public involvement, and the environmental progress th.it results. In the wake of the first Earth Day, the Clean Air was enacted, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was created and work started, on a Clean Water Act that passed shortly thereafter. As strides were made in correcting the more obvious environmental ills, like sewage and chemical fouled streams and sootdarkened cities, public concern did not wane.
Instead, local, state and national environmental and conservation groups grew in numbers and in activism. Their efforts helped to focus attention on lingering environmental problems, such as lagging municipal sewage treatment and summer smog levels in our cities. They were also in
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