Ecology: reassure or scare, the ridge line that poisons the Greens

“We will soon run out of water.” On April 19, 1974, René Dumont, the first environmental candidate in a presidential election, addresses the French behind their television set. “Before the end of the century, if we continue such an overflow, the water will run out,” he warns. We are a few weeks away from the first round and the spiritual father of the Greens is trying to capture his electorate with an extremely alarmist speech for the time. This strategy does not pay off. René Dumont obtains… 1.42% of the votes.