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But something happened in the seven and a half years between the release of Silent Spring and the first Earth Day in 1970. It wasn’t the burning of the Buffalo or Cuyahoga Rivers. At the time ...

The first Earth Day happened on 22 April 1970 in the USA, in response to a spill from an oil tanker. It has since grown to become a global event marked by many millions of people around the world.

In response to the overwhelming environmental incidents of the time, the first Earth Day, in 1970, mobilized millions of people to take a stand for environmental protections. One such incident was in ...