As communities across the country celebrate Earth Day in 2025, here's what to know about the history and its founder: Gaylord Nelson, the late U.S. senator and governor of Wisconsin, is considered ...

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 ...

Earth Day is celebrated on April 22 each year, promoting environmental protection and awareness since 1970.

Earth Day, a global effort to educate people on growing environmental threats and propel them to action, marks its 55th ...

But it was a senator from Wisconsin, Democrat Gaylord Nelson, who had the idea that would become Earth Day. Nelson had long been concerned about the environment when a massive offshore oil spill ...

Earth Day started in 1970 when people — including Wisconsin Sen. Gaylord Nelson — brought attention to the impact oil spills, pollution and smog were having on the planet. "Then in January ...

On April 22, more than a billion people worldwide will once again observe Earth Day, a global environmental movement that first gained momentum in 1970. This year's commemorations arrive amid a ...

In 1970, April 22 was first proclaimed as Earth Day, following an initiative of U.S. Sen. Gaylord Nelson that emerged as a response to the fallout from a massive oil spill in Santa Barbara ...

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 ...

Earth Day 2025 is Tuesday, April 22. Earth Day started in 1970 when people — including Wisconsin Sen. Gaylord Nelson — brought attention to the impact oil spills, pollution and smog were ...