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

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

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

"I have lived here my whole life and I am just trying to help out wherever and whenever I can," said Brady Schulz.

WASHINGTON — Millions of people around the world on Tuesday are celebrating Earth Day, an annual event founded by people who ...

Imagine life where you are not protected by regulations and laws that guard our environment and health. Factories spewing ...

A senator from Wisconsin was so inspired by his love of the Great Lakes region, that he became an advocate for the ...

Earth Day recognizes the environmental movement. Here's how it started and why it’s still celebrated every April 22.

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

Like the rest of the nation, Yakima Valley observed the first Earth Day 55 years ago, a moment some consider the start of the ...