Gaylord Nelson, the late U.S. senator and governor of Wisconsin, is considered the founder of Earth Day, which started in ...

Earth Day has always been a day that acknowledges our planet, which provides for us, and ways we can protect and preserve its ...

Earth Day is celebrated on April 22 each year, promoting environmental protection and awareness since 1970.

It's been more than 50 years since the first Earth Day in the United States. On April 22, 1970, people gathered at events across the country to raise awareness about the environmental issues ...

On April 22, 1970, Philadelphia hosted a six-hour festival in Fairmount Park that drew 25,000 to 30,000 clean-air lovers. The bow-tied W. Thacher Longstreth agreed to meet a few young people who ...

The town is known nationally for its clean energy efforts. I still remember the first Earth Day in 1970. It was big news across America. I was a third grader at Deephaven Elementary School in the ...

The holiday remains one of the largest secular observances in the world, used to spotlight ongoing threats including plastic ...

The success of Earth Day directly led to landmark legislation in the United States, such as the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Today, ...