As communities across the country celebrate Earth Day in 2025, here's what to know about the history and its founder: Gaylord Nelson, the late U.S. senator and governor of Wisconsin, is considered ...

Earth Day is a global event for environmental awareness. US Senator Gaylord Nelson started it in 1970. Millions participate in events across 190 countries. The day led to the EPA and key ...

Earth Day started in 1970 when people — including Wisconsin Sen. Gaylord Nelson — brought attention to the impact oil spills, pollution and smog were having on the planet. "Then in January ...

But it was a senator from Wisconsin, Democrat Gaylord Nelson, who had the idea that would become Earth Day. Nelson had long been concerned about the environment when a massive offshore oil spill ...

First celebrated in 1970, Earth Day was founded by Senator Gaylord Nelson, Congressman Pete McCloskey, and activist Denis Hayes. Earth Day is an annual celebration to promote environmental ...

On April 22, more than a billion people worldwide will once again observe Earth Day, a global environmental movement that first gained momentum in 1970. This year's commemorations arrive amid a ...

Earth Day is celebrated on April 22 each year ... In 1969, Democratic U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin proposed a series of "teach-ins" at university campuses to raise awareness of ...

In 1970, U.S. Sen. Gaylord Nelson created Earth Day to bring the issue to national attention, with 20 million demonstrators across the country speaking out against the effects of 150 years of ...

GAYLORD — Every April 22 there is a collective call around the world to safeguard the planet from environmental threats like pollution. Earth Day 2025 was celebrated in Gaylord on Tuesday in ...

Earth Day 2025 is Tuesday, April 22. Earth Day started in 1970 when people — including Wisconsin Sen. Gaylord Nelson — brought attention to the impact oil spills, pollution and smog were ...