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SUMMARY:Earth Day -- April 22
DESCRIPTION:Earth Day -- April 22 -- each year marks the anniversary o
 f the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970.\n\nAmong oth
 er things, 1970 in the United States brought with it the Kent State sh
 ootings, the advent of fiber optics, \"Bridge Over Troubled Water,\" A
 pollo 13, the Beatles' last album, the death of Jimi Hendrix, the birt
 h of Mariah Carey, and the meltdown of fuel rods in the Savannah River
  nuclear plant near Aiken, South Carolina -- an incident not acknowled
 ged for 18 years.\n\nHistory of Earth Day\n\nIt was into such a world 
 that the very first Earth Day was born.\n\nEarth Day founder Gaylord N
 elson, then a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, proposed the first nationwi
 de environmental protest \"to shake up the political establishment and
  force this issue onto the national agenda. \" \"It was a gamble,\" he
  recalls, \"but it worked.\"\n\nAt the time, Americans were slurping l
 eaded gas through massive V8 sedans. Industry belched out smoke and sl
 udge with little fear of legal consequences or bad press. Air pollutio
 n was commonly accepted as the smell of prosperity. Environment was a 
 word that appeared more often in spelling bees than on the evening new
 s.\n\nEarth Day 1970 turned that all around.\n\nOn April 22, 20 millio
 n Americans took to the streets, parks, and auditoriums to demonstrate
  for a healthy, sustainable environment. Denis Hayes, the national coo
 rdinator, and his youthful staff organized massive coast-to-coast rall
 ies. Thousands of colleges and universities organized protests against
  the deterioration of the environment. Groups that had been fighting a
 gainst oil spills, polluting factories and power plants, raw sewage, t
 oxic dumps, pesticides, freeways, the loss of wilderness, and the exti
 nction of wildlife suddenly realized they shared common values.\n\nEar
 th Day 1970 achieved a rare political alignment, enlisting support fro
 m Republicans and Democrats, rich and poor, city slickers and farmers,
  tycoons and labor leaders. The first Earth Day led to the creation of
  the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the passage of 
 the Clean Air, Clean Water, and Endangered Species acts.\n\nSen. Nelso
 n was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom -- the highest honor g
 iven to civilians in the United States -- for his role as Earth Day fo
 under.\n\nAs 1990 approached, a group of environmental leaders asked D
 enis Hayes to organize another big campaign. This time, Earth Day went
  global, mobilizing 200 million people in 141 countries and lifting th
 e status of environmental issues on to the world stage. Earth Day 1990
  gave a huge boost to recycling efforts worldwide and helped pave the 
 way for the 1992 United Nations Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro.\n\nAs 
 the millennium approached, Hayes agreed to spearhead another campaign,
  this time focused on global warming and a push for clean energy. Eart
 h Day 2000 combined the big-picture feistiness of the first Earth Day 
 with the international grassroots activism of Earth Day 1990. For 2000
 , Earth Day had the Internet to help link activists around the world. 
 By the time April 22 rolled around, 5,000 environmental groups around 
 the world were on board, reaching out to hundreds of millions of peopl
 e in a record 184 countries. Events varied: A talking drum chain trave
 led from village to village in Gabon, Africa, for example, while hundr
 eds of thousands of people gathered on the National Mall in Washington
 , D.C., USA.\n\nEarth Day 2000 sent the message loud and clear that ci
 tizens the world 'round wanted quick and decisive action on clean ener
 gy.\n\nNow, the fight for a clean environment continues. We invite you
  to be a part of this history and a part of Earth Day. Discover energy
  you didn't even know you had. Feel it rumble through the grass roots 
 under your feet and the technology at your fingertips. Channel it into
  building a clean, healthy, diverse world for generations to come.\n\n
 For more information visit https://fixourworld.ca/events/earth-day-apr
 il-22
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