Thursday marks the 41st Earth Day. The annual event, which always falls on April 22, is the world's largest environmental movement, according to AccuWeather. It was started in 1970 after 3 million ...

Lectures by prominent environmentalists, a solar-house building competition and a campus-wide fair on Ho Plaza have previously ushered in Earth Day — and for this April 22, Cornell’s annual slew of ...

Every year, Earth Day invites us to consider the environment and climate. That began with the health-related effects of pollution on the very first Earth Day in 1970, and then expanded widely to ...

"Earth Day has always been an event of the people." On April 22, 1970, 20 million people across the globe celebrated the very first Earth Day. The idea was sparked by the power of the anti-war ...

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 ...