Earth Day activities in Las Vegas included the unveiling of winning student artwork selected to appear on the Exosphere of ...

Dozens of supporters, including U.S. Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Debbie Dingell, joined federal workers from NOAA, the EPA and ...

Gaylord Nelson, the late U.S. senator and governor of Wisconsin, is considered the founder of Earth Day, which started in ...

In an Earth Day message, Trump's White House touted his rollback on climate protections as a boon for the environment.

Earth Day has its roots in growing concern over pollution in the 1960s, when author Rachel Carson's 1962 book “Silent Spring, ...

Dozens of Minnesotans gathered at the state capitol on Tuesday for an Earth Day rally, urging policymakers to double down on ...

The very first Earth Day was celebrated on April 22, 1970. About 20 million Americans joined rallies, cleanups and teach-ins ...

The effort, released this year for Earth Day, is a three-year collaboration between USA TODAY and market research firm ...

Inference, training, and everyday operations all contribute to the considerable water and power consumption required to run ...

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has its roots in the 1970s oil crisis. In 1974 President Gerald Ford signed a bill ...

Fifty-five years after the first Earth Day, Environmental Protection Agency employees and advocates call for help as the ...

In 1970, the first Earth Day events were "teach-ins" on campuses across the country.