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The origins of Earth Day
Earth Day was founded in 1970 by Senator Gaylord Nelson, with the purpose to inform people about environmental problems that ...
Philadelphia helped put Earth Day on the map on this week in Philly history
On April 22, 1970, Philadelphia hosted a six-hour festival in Fairmount Park that drew 25,000 to 30,000 clean-air lovers. The ...
84% of the world’s coral reefs hit by worst bleaching event on record
Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has now grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its ...
See the grandeur of our nation during National Park Week
Earth Day also falls during National Park Week. Celebrated for 55 years, one billion people in 193 countries host events and ...
It's Earth Day. Here's the history of the holiday and this year's theme
The first Earth Day is largely credited as one of the key moments that launched the modern environmental movement.
Earth Day 2025: History, theme and why we celebrate it
Earth Day has its roots in growing concern over pollution in the 1960s, when author Rachel Carson's 1962 book “Silent Spring, ...
The ‘return’ of an extinct wolf is not the answer to saving endangered species, experts warn
Scientists say the Trump administration’s embrace of de-extinction won’t help endangered species like the Great Lakes gray ...
Earth Day 2025: Is today Earth Day? Date, theme, history, activities, celebrations
Earth Day 2025 falls on Tuesday, April 22, marking the 55th anniversary of the global environmental movement. With the theme ...
How Earth Day started and grew beyond founder Gaylord Nelson's dreams
Gaylord Nelson, the late U.S. senator and governor of Wisconsin, is considered the founder of Earth Day, which started in ...
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It's Earth Day. Here's the history of the holiday and this year's theme
April 22 is Earth Day, the annual salute to the planet and its environment. "On April 22, 1970, 20 million Americans...took to streets, college campuses and hundreds of cities to protest ...