In 1968, astronauts captured the first color photo of Earth rising over the Moon, viewed live by over 500 million people. This historic image is credited with inspiring the global environmental ...

Most people think a day on Earth is just the time it takes for the planet to make one full rotation on its axis, but that’s ...

"Zero Waste" blogger Lauren Singer has been living trash free for four years by making her own beauty and cleaning products, and buying local, organic food.

On Earth Day Tuesday, Long Island residents scoured the shores of Jones Beach, searching for microplastics and other waste that spoil the coastline and harm marine creatures. "Earth Day is an ...

Earth Day 2025: This year's theme, the story of how it started and what it's all about What do the campaigners behind Earth Day want to achieve and how did the decades-old event come about? Sky ...

This Earth Day, remember: Nuclear energy beats fickle sunbeams and breezes when it comes to producing steady climate-friendly power.

WASHINGTON — As communities across the DMV commemorate Earth Day, it’s worth remembering how this annual celebration began and why it remains so vital today. Earth Day was first observed on ...

As the events expanded into a nationwide campaign, the first Earth Day was held on April 22, 1970. The initial movement in 1970 is known as the largest secular day of protest in the world.

Earth Day has inspired protests against the Trump administration, and for more clean energy policies, across the US throughout the month of April.

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Gaylord Nelson, the late U.S. senator and governor of Wisconsin, is considered the founder of Earth Day, which started in 1970.