EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — The wind didn’t stop the thousands of people coming to Atlantic County Utilities Authority’s 33rd annual Earth Day Festival on Sunday.

Under sunny skies, over 100 people attended Gaylord's annual Memorial Day parade and ceremony on Monday, May 26.

The term Earth Day was coined by Wisconsin U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson and first observed on April 22, 1970. Although Earth Day is not a federal holiday, it was President Richard Nixon who played ...

She said the project embodies the late Sen. Gaylord Nelson’s vision for Earth Day: educating young people about the value of natural resources. With 22 native species selected for resilience and ...

CBS News Chicago An Earth Day Action Fair was held Sunday at the Chicago Cultural Center. People turned out to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the first Earth Day at the event organized by the ...

Many gathered at Schaumburg’s Spring Valley Nature Center on Sunday to celebrate Mother Earth at the Schaumburg Park District’s annual Earth Day event. But Pete Justen of Schaumburg was there ...

WISCONSIN SENATOR GAYLORD NELSON FOUNDED EARTH DAY IN 1970 TO RAISE ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AND ANOTHER LOCAL TEAM CLEANING UP TODAY. WISN 12, THE CHIEF MARK BADEN I’M GLAD YOU TOOK A SHOWER. YEAH.

CHICAGO – Local groups are keeping the Earth Day message alive going into the spring. While Saturday’s temperatures were only in the 40s, they didn’t stop volunteers’ efforts during an ...

Earth Day was conceived by U.S. Sen. Gaylord Nelson, a Wisconsin Democrat who was concerned with the state of the environment in the 1960s.

The book inspired Sen. Gaylord Nelson, a Democrat from Wisconsin, to produce a series of pro-environment street protests like the ones that led to the end of the war in Vietnam.

Earth Day was first celebrated on April 22, 1970, as an environmental awareness day to educate people about pollution and its effects on the environment. Founded by a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, ...