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 in events across 190 countries. The day led to the EPA and key ...

Health Equity in a Changing Climate,” a powerful multidisciplinary concert experience, at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 9, at Prairie ...

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

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

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

The holiday remains one of the largest secular observances in the world, used to spotlight ongoing threats including plastic ...

According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission,” says Washington Post staff writer Margaret Webb Pressler, “injuries ...

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

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