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 ...

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

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

Earth Day was first celebrated on April 22, 1970, as an environmental awareness day to educate people about pollution and its ...

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

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

We can all pitch in and get things looking good," she said. Former Wisconsin Governor and Senator Gaylord Nelson is ...

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

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