Fifty-four years ago today, the first Earth Day burst onto the scene. The year was 1970. Lakes and rivers were polluted. The air was toxic in urban and industrial areas. Even the bald eagle, the ...

Millions of people around the world will pause on Monday, at least for a moment, to mark Earth Day. It's an annual event founded by people who hoped to stir activism to clean up and preserve a planet ...

When dawn broke April 22, 19970, on West Quoddy Head, Maine, few if any "Down Easters" realized they were ushering in the Environmental Age. By day's end more than 20 million souls, mostly young and ...

(AP) - Millions of people around the world will pause on Monday, at least for a moment, to mark Earth Day. It’s an annual event founded by people who hoped to stir activism to clean up and preserve a ...

2025 marks the 55th anniversary of the first celebrated Earth Day, and there are several things you can do to celebrate! The first Earth Day was celebrated in 1970, when Wisconsin senator Gaylord ...

GAYLORD — Every April 22 there is a collective call around the world to safeguard the planet from environmental threats like pollution. Earth Day 2025 was celebrated in Gaylord on Tuesday in part by ...

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“Aspirin is just plain aspirin and nothing else,” says Wisconsin’s Senator Gaylord Nelson. It is just that, he claims, regardless of how much it costs and whether it carries a famous brand name.