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 ...

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

After witnessing a massive oil spill in Santa Barbara in 1969, Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson began hatching the idea for ...

The promise that Earth Day held at its 1970 inception, when climate change was a nascent concept and environmentalism was a ...

April 22 is traditionally known as Earth Day, the occasion where we pause as temporary travelers on our 'blue marble' to ...

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

Today’s edition of Daily on Energy kicks off with a little history lesson about Earth Day, before quickly diving into the ...

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

Governor Tony Evers and members of his administration celebrated Earth Day Tuesday morning by going to Governor Nelson State Park in Dane County. The park is named for Gaylord ...

The city's parks and recreation department is hosting an Earth Day event with a tree giveaway on Saturday, April 26, at ...

The first Earth Day is largely credited as one of the key moments that launched the modern environmental movement.