Former Daily editor-in-chief Jim Wascher '75 writes about the history of Earth Day at Stanford and argues why activism for ...

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Earth Day 2025 is a time of both progress and regression, with Donald Trump's agenda potentially undoing much of the progress ...

Since the initial demonstrations in 1970, Earth Day has served as a platform for raising awareness of environmental action and the long-term negative impacts of human action. Sparked by the 1969 Santa ...

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

For the 55th year, the world is using the day to celebrate Mother Nature and the wonderful planet we live on. "Earth Day really is a symbol of the environmental movement," Sarah Davies, the director ...

In 1872, a Nebraska newspaper editor and tree lover named J. Sterling Morton proposed dedicating a day to planting trees in ...

With rivers on fire and oil spills in the news, Earth Day erupted on April 22, 1970, and on Dec. 2, 1970, Republican ...

Raise your hand if you’re devoting any part of today to commemorating Earth Day, the annual rite of offering hope for an ailing, still failing, Mother Nature. Good for you, and thanks from the ...

National Arbor Day is on April 25, 2025. Each year, National Arbor Day is on the final Friday in April. While National Arbor ...

The Trump administration is rolling back landmark environmental legislation that dates back to the Nixon era, including key ...