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, ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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

Earth Day was first celebrated in 1970 when Gaylord Nelson, a Wisconsin senator, and John McConnell, a San Francisco activist ...

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

In the '90s, Hayes organized a global Earth Day — observed by an estimated 200 million people in more than 140 countries, ...

The first Earth Day is largely credited as one of the key moments that launched the modern environmental movement. By 1969, Sen. Gaylord Nelson, D-Wis., had long been concerned about "the ...