That’s when President Richard Nixon signed the act creating the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and proclaiming April 22 ...

Hundreds of marches, pickets, and cleanup events are taking place across the US in the run-up to Earth Day on Tuesday, as ...

Canceled grants and shifting federal priorities are halting progress — and prompting a legal fight to protect climate ...

Whether you look to the sky and spot a bald eagle or take a sip of fresh, clean drinking water, Earth Day 1970 is to thank.

Fifty-six years ago, a disaster off the coast of Santa Barbara sparked the creation of Earth Day, a movement that continues to ...

A spade stabbed into a tuft of vegetation. The weeds — nascent tumbleweeds — were scattered like green pompoms around an experimental field at Rio Grande Nature Center State Park. A small group of ...

Since 1970, the nation has observed Earth Day each year on April 22. At the time, the idea of preserving and protecting the environment enjoyed broad, bipartisan support. The divide in opinions on ...

The Ultimate Goal. The first Earth Day in 1970 marked a turning point in the history of environmentalism. Over 20 million Americans came togethe ...

The Earth Day movement gave us cleaner air, safer water and a second chance for hundreds of species. However, we still have a ...

Communities across Nassau County will mark Earth Day Thursday, April 26, with educational, entertainment, and clean-up events ...

Current and former employees of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say fewer people working with fewer ...

Caleb Scoville grew up in isolated Humboldt County in northern California, known as the "home of the Redwoods" for its old-growth forests. From an early age, he witnessed the tension between ...