Fifty-four years ago today, the first Earth Day burst onto the scene. The year was 1970. Lakes and rivers were polluted. The air was toxic in urban and industrial areas. Even the bald eagle, the ...

The widow of former U.S. Sen. Gaylord Nelson, Carrie Lee Nelson, has died at 98. Carrie Lee Nelson, 98, died Monday of congestive pulmonary disease at her home. She was preceded in death by her ...

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 ...

Gaylord A. Nelson, who spent a lifetime in service to Wisconsin, the nation and the planet, never stopped fighting on behalf of environmental causes, even as his own body began to fail. He died of ...

Millions of people around the world will pause on Monday, at least for a moment, to mark Earth Day. It's an annual event founded by people who hoped to stir activism to clean up and preserve a planet ...

My primary purpose in organizing Earth Day was political. —Gaylord Nelson, December 8, 1990 This week marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, the national teach-in that transformed a broad but ...

Gaylord Anton Nelson was an American politician and environmentalist from Wisconsin who served as a United States senator and governor. He was a member of the Democratic Party and the founder of Earth ...

It’s with mixed emotions that Tia Nelson prepares to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. On one hand, Nelson is absolutely thrilled the event launched by her father, former Wisconsin Gov. and ...

When dawn broke April 22, 19970, on West Quoddy Head, Maine, few if any "Down Easters" realized they were ushering in the Environmental Age. By day's end more than 20 million souls, mostly young and ...

Paul “Pete” McCloskey is one of the unsung heroes of the modern environmental movement. The former Republican Congressman, who served as a Marine second lieutenant that led six bayonet charges in the ...

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 part by ...

Gaylord Nelson, the folksy Democratic senator from Wisconsin who helped start the modern environmental movement with the creation of Earth Day 35 years ago, died Sunday. He was 89. Nelson died of ...