April 22 is Earth Day, the annual salute to the planet and its environment.. The first Earth Day was held in 1970, making this year the 55th anniversary of the holiday. It has since then ...

Earth Day has its roots in growing concern over pollution in the 1960s, when author Rachel Carson's 1962 book “Silent Spring,” about the pesticide DDT and its damaging effects on the food ...

Every year on April 22, people around the world celebrate Earth Day. It marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. More than 1 billion people in over 193 ...

Earth Day has its roots in growing concern over pollution in the 1960s, when author Rachel Carson's 1962 book “Silent Spring,” about the pesticide DDT and its damaging effects on the food ...

More broadly, it's seen as the birth of the modern environmental movement. ... In 2000, Earth Day began taking aim at climate change, a problem that has grown rapidly more urgent in recent years ...

Earth Day has its roots in growing concern over pollution in the 1960s, when author Rachel Carson's 1962 book “Silent Spring,” about the pesticide DDT and its damaging effects on the food ...