Earth Day

Earth Day was established on April 22, 1970, marking the start of the modern environmental movement. Basically, this is when people really started paying attention to how we were treating the planet and began taking action. “Many things have gone better, a lot of things have gotten worse in terms of the global environment,” Nick Nuttall, International Communications Director for…

Meteorologist Kaitlyn McGrath looks at why we observe Earth Day and how you can celebrate

Towns across Connecticut are finding creative ways to celebrate Earth Day while still maintaining social distance. In Redding, residents contributed to an origami sculpture constructed on the town green. The paper flowers, birds and butterflies created by members of the community represent pollinator pathways, or natural landscapes designed to encourage the restoration of bee and butterfly populations. The town hung…

People in Redding found a way to celebrate Earth Day together while still social distancing.

Monumental challenges remain 50 years after the first Earth Day helped spur activism over air and water pollution and disappearing plants and animals

Whether you were hoping to march for climate change or simply be out enjoying Mother Earth, you can tune in to a number of programs and events taking place digitally.

Young climate activists galvanized their movement in 2019 with school strikes and massive global marches last September

Here are some facts about ecotourism and how you can incorporate it into your next vacations.

Amazing medical cures from the Earth’s forests are threatened by deforestation.

Jimmy Fallon on the White House Easter egg roll, Earth Day and Herman Cain.

Protesters have scaled the Universal Studios globe and are waving green flags on Earth Day Monday.

Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande and Leonardo DiCaprio have joined rapper-comedian Lil Dicky on a new song and video aimed at bringing awareness to climate change and Earth Day, which is Monday. Dicky released the animated clip for the song “Earth” on Friday, where Bieber is a baboon and Grande is a zebra. The video, featuring 32 artists, also stars Ed...

Earth, meet Polo. Polo Ralph Lauren on Thursday launched a version of its iconic polo shirt made entirely of recycled plastic bottles and dyed through a process that uses zero water. David Lauren, the youngest son of the company’s founder and its chief innovation officer, told The Associated Press ahead of the announcement that the new shirt is part of...

When was the last time you ate everything off your dinner plate? For Earth Day this year, take a closer look at what you eat – and what you have left over – to help preserve the environment. Each year, humans waste about one third of the food produced for consumption, or 1.3 billion tons, according to the United Nations...

A motorcycle, a bass guitar and speakers are among 170 artifacts from the 1969 Woodstock festival showcased in a new museum exhibit opening this weekend at the site of the festival in upstate New York.

A motorcycle, a bass guitar and speakers are among 170 artifacts from the 1969 Woodstock festival showcased in a new museum exhibit opening this weekend at the site of the festival in upstate New York.

The Woodstock 50 Music and Arts Fair will take place Aug. 16-18 in Watkins Glen, New York.

The sun is shining, and the weather is finally warming up. What better way to celebrate than to visit one of the nation’s beautiful national parks — for free!

The firstborn son of the late John Lennon is the co-author of “Heal the Earth,” the second in his picture book series teaching kids as young as 3 ways to help the planet.

Christine Todd Whitman was at the first Earth Day 48 years ago, long before she became governor of New Jersey and head of the Environmental Protection Agency. Her generation was inspired by “Silent Spring,” a book about the dangers of the pesticide DDT, she said. Soon after that day in 1970, DDT was banned — one of many green-friendly policy...