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Earth Day

American  
[urth day] / ˈɜrθ ˌdeɪ /

noun

  1. April 22, a day set aside globally for raising awareness about environmental issues and participating in events to help protect the environment.


Etymology

Origin of Earth Day

First recorded in 1970


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With the debate taking place on Earth Day, environmental issues are also likely to be raised.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026

President Nixon presided over the first Earth Day, founded in large part as a reaction to a devastating oil spill off the coast of California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2025

Just in time for National Parks Week and Earth Day, no less.

From Slate ● Apr. 22, 2025

No wonder, then, that Americans planned nationwide Earth Day protests.

From Slate ● Apr. 22, 2025

Meggers’s message of limitation, published within a year of the first Earth Day, resonated in the ears of readers newly converted to the ecological movement.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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