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

We can all pitch in and get things looking good," she said. Former Wisconsin Governor and Senator Gaylord Nelson is ...

WASHINGTON — As communities across the DMV commemorate Earth Day, it’s worth remembering how this annual celebration began ...

Earth Day is a global event for environmental awareness. US Senator Gaylord Nelson started it in 1970. Millions participate ...

When the first Earth Day was held on April 22, 1970, the founders — U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson (D-WI) and activist Denis ...

We can all be doing more to help protect and save this planet – things like: focusing on reducing consumption and waste, ...

Earth Day helped lead to the formation of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act ...

Earth Day, a global effort to educate people on growing environmental threats and propel them to action, marks its 55th ...

The first Earth Day was celebrated in 1970, making this year's festivities the 55th annual festival. For the first Earth Day, ...

The first Earth Day is largely credited as one of the key moments that launched the modern environmental movement.

Earth Day has its roots in growing concern over pollution in the 1960s, when author Rachel Carson's 1962 book “Silent Spring, ...

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