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Earth Day

The History of Earth Day—and Why It Still Matters

Fifty-six years after the first one rallied 20 million people across America, “we need to do things that make us feel more powerful.”

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

People gather for the first Earth Day event in Philadelphia on April 22, 1970. Credit: Jack Rosen/Getty Images
Carolyn Hindle, a student at Virginia Commonwealth University, leads a chant at an Earth Day rally on Tuesday in Richmond, Va. Credit: Charles Paullin/Inside Climate News

Virginia College Students Want More Climate Action on Earth Day

By Charles Paullin

President Donald Trump listens to reporters’ questions in the Oval Office at the White House on Thursday. Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images

Trump May Target Environmental Nonprofits in Executive Orders

By Marianne Lavelle, Lee Hedgepeth

Tish O'Dell, next to artist Andrea Bowers' "We Must Rise Above the Tides," in the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MoCa). Credit: Katie Surma/Inside Climate News

‘Truth, Reckoning and Right Relationship’: A Rights of Nature Epiphany

By Katie Surma

Former Vice President Al Gore presents the Climate TRACE global greenhouse gases emissions database during COP28 in Dubai. Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

‘Pathetic, Really, and Dangerous’: Al Gore Reflects on Fraudulent Fossil Fuel Claims, Climate Voters and Clean Energy

By Kristoffer Tigue

Hazel Chandler is part of a largely unrecognized contingent of the climate movement in the United States: the climate grannies. Credit: Caitlin O’Hara/The 19th

These Are the Climate Grannies. They’ll Do Whatever It Takes to Protect Their Grandchildren

By Jessica Kutz, The 19th

People vote at the Meadows Mall on October 20, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Credit: Ethan Miller/Getty Images

Want to Elect Climate Champions? Here’s How to Tell Who’s Really Serious About Climate Change

By Marianne Lavelle

Red Sox starting pitcher Steven Wright is feeling the heat in the top of the fourth inning on Aug. 31, 2016 at Fenway Park in Boston. Credit: Jim Davis/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Warming Trends: Mercury in Narwhal Tusks, Major League Baseball Heats Up and Earth Day Goes Online: Avatars Welcome

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Earth Day Live

Video: Covid-19 Drives Earth Day Anniversary Online, Inspiring New Tactics For Climate Activists

By Anna Belle Peevey

Co-founder of Earth Day Denis Hayes speaks at the speaks at the lighting of the Earth Ball press conference in Times Square on April 22, 2009 in New York City. Credit: Mark Von Holden/WireImage

Q&A: Denis Hayes, Planner of the First Earth Day, Discusses the ‘Virtual’ 50th

By Evelyn Nieves

40-Plus Groups Launch Earth Day Revolution for Climate Action

By SolveClimate Staff

EPA Chief: Stretch Earth Day into Earth Month, Then Earth Year

By Stacy Morford

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