April 22 is Earth Day, the annual salute to the planet and its environment. "On April 22, 1970, 20 million Americans...took to streets, college campuses and hundreds of cities to protest environmental ...

Jaxon Mercer, Rachel Starr and Alonso Prieto plant a tree as they join with Salt Lake City Department of Public Lands and other community volunteers for a combined Earth Day and Arbor Day celebration ...

NORFOLK, Va. — In the 1960s, the negative effects of fossil fuel use concerned late Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson. He tapped a young activist named Denis Hayes to help push a movement to reduce the ...

Today is the 55th Earth Day celebrated in the United States.It’s held every year on April 22 — a date originally chosen to fit college students’ schedules. But many may not know how Earth Day began or ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on April 22, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Some Chicagoans spent the first Earth ...

Earth Day, celebrating its 55th anniversary in 2025, raises awareness about environmental protection and the need to preserve natural resources. In 1970, April 22 was chosen for the first Earth Day, ...

Every year on April 22, people around the world celebrate Earth Day. It marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. More than 1 billion people in over 193 ...