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

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 ...

In 1970, the first Earth Day events were "teach-ins" on campuses across the country.

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

Earth Day was founded in 1970 by Senator Gaylord Nelson, with the purpose to inform people about environmental problems that ...

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

Earth Day is on April 22, but really, it should be every day. After all, saving the planet should be a daily occurrence, ...

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

The first Earth Day is largely credited as one of the key moments that launched the modern environmental movement. By 1969, ...