Pete McCloskey dies at 96; GOP congressman once challenged Richard Nixon
FRESNO, Calif. — Pete McCloskey – a pro-environment, anti-war California Republican who co-wrote the Endangered Species Act and co-founded Earth Day – has died. He was 96. A fourth-generation Republican “in the mold of Teddy Roosevelt,” he often said, McCloskey represented the 12th Congressional District for 15 years, running for president against an incumbent Richard […]