Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Happy Earth Day! For the 55th year, the world is using the day to celebrate Mother Nature and the wonderful planet we live on.

A photo taken in 1968 by astronauts aboard the Apollo 8 sparked the first-ever Earth Day. As I watched the Artemis II send back iconic photos of the blue planet more than 50 years later, I couldn’t ...

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 ...

April 22 may just seem like a normal spring day. But back in 1970, it was the first celebration of Earth Day, a holiday stressing the need for environmental reform and conservation. In the more than ...

WASHINGTON — As communities across the DMV commemorate Earth Day, it’s worth remembering how this annual celebration began and why it remains so vital today. Earth Day was first observed on April 22, ...

Earth Day is celebrated one each spring to promote environmental protection and awareness. Celebrating its 56th year, this year's Earth Day theme, "Our Power, Our Planet," calls for people worldwide ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 2025 marks the 55th anniversary of the first celebrated Earth Day, and there are several things you can do to celebrate! The first ...

Spring has sprung and it's time to get outdoors and celebrate nature. And what better time to keep our planet happy and healthy than on Earth Day? See when we celebrate the holiday this year, what ...

From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by host Steve Curwood with environmental historian Adam Rome. Earth Day was born in 1970 during ...

April 22 may just seem like a normal spring day. But back in 1970, it was the first celebration of Earth Day, a holiday stressing the need for environmental reform and conservation. In the more than ...