Earth Day is an annual event celebrated on April 22.

Worldwide, various events are held to

demonstrate support for environmental protection. First celebrated in 1970, Earth Day events in
more than 193 countries are now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network.
[1] [2]

On Earth Day 2016, the landmark Paris Agreement was signed by the United States, China, and
some 120 other countries. This signing satisfied a key requirement for the entry into force of the
[3][4][5]

historic draft climate protection treaty adopted by consensus of the 195 nations present at the 2015
United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris.
In 1969 at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco, peace activist John McConnell proposed a day
to honor the Earth and the concept of peace, to first be celebrated on March 21, 1970, the first day
of spring in the northern hemisphere. This day of nature's equipoise was later sanctioned in a
proclamation written by McConnell and signed by Secretary General U Thant at the United Nations.
A month later a separate Earth Day was founded by United States Senator Gaylord Nelson as an
environmental teach-in first held on April 22, 1970. Nelson was later awarded the Presidential Medal
of Freedom award in recognition of his work. While this April 22 Earth Day was focused on the
[6]

United States, an organization launched by Denis Hayes, who was the original national coordinator
in 1970, took it international in 1990 and organized events in 141 nations. [7][8]

Numerous communities celebrate Earth Week, an entire week of activities focused on the
environmental issues that the world faces. In 2017, the March for Science occurs on Earth day (April
22, 2017) and is followed by the People's Climate Mobilization (April 29, 2017).

Earth Day 1970

The first Earth Day celebrations took place in two thousand colleges and universities, roughly ten
thousand primary and secondary schools, and hundreds of communities across the United States.
More importantly, it "brought 20 million Americans out into the spring sunshine for peaceful
demonstrations in favor of environmental reform." It now is observed in 192 countries, and
[9]

coordinated by the nonprofit Earth Day Network, chaired by the first Earth Day 1970 organizer Denis
Hayes, according to whom Earth Day is now "the largest secular holiday in the world, celebrated by
more than a billion people every year." Environmental groups have sought to make Earth Day into a
[10]

day of action to change human behavior and provoke policy changes. [11]

New York City

In the winter of 19691970, a group of students met at Columbia University to hear Denis Hayes talk
about his plans for Earth Day. Among the group were Fred Kent, Pete Grannis, and Kristin and
William Hubbard. This group agreed to head up the New York City activities within the national
movement. Fred Kent took the lead in renting an office and recruiting volunteers. "The big break
came when Mayor Lindsay agreed to shut down Fifth Avenue for the event. A giant cheer went up in
the office on that day," according to Kristin Hubbard (now Kristin Alexandre). 'From that time on we
used Mayor Lindsay's offices and even his staff. I was Speaker Coordinator but had tremendous
help from Lindsay staffer Judith Crichton."
In addition to shutting down Fifth Avenue, Mayor John Lindsay made Central Park available for Earth
Day. In Union Square, New York Times estimated crowds of up to 20,000 people at any given time
and, perhaps, as many as over 100,000 over the course of the day. Since Manhattan was also the
[12]

home of NBC, CBS, ABC, The New York Times, Time, and Newsweek, it provided the best possible
anchor for national coverage from their reporters throughout the country. [13]

Philadelphia
U.S. Senator Edmund Muskie was the keynote speaker on Earth Day in Fairmount Park in
Philadelphia. Other notable attendees included consumer protection activist and presidential
candidate Ralph Nader; Landscape Architect Ian McHarg; Nobel prize-winning Harvard
Biochemist, George Wald; U.S. Senate Minority Leader, Hugh Scott; and poet, Allen Ginsberg.

Earth Day 1990

Mobilizing 200 million people in 141 countries and lifting the status of environmental issues onto the
world stage, Earth Day activities in 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. Unlike the first
Earth Day in 1970, this 20th Anniversary was waged with stronger marketing tools, greater access to
television and radio, and multimillion-dollar budgets
Two separate groups formed to sponsor Earth Day events in 1990: The Earth Day 20 Foundation,
assembled by Edward Furia (Project Director of Earth Week in 1970), and Earth Day 1990,
assembled by Denis Hayes (National Coordinator for Earth Day 1970). Senator Gaylord Nelson, the
original founder of Earth Day, was honorary chairman for both groups. The two did not combine
forces over disagreements about leadership of combined organization and incompatible structures
and strategies. Among the disagreements, key Earth Day 20 Foundation organizers were critical of
[14]

Earth Day 1990 for including on their board Hewlett-Packard, a company that at the time was the
second-biggest emitter of chlorofluorocarbons in Silicon Valley and refused to switch to alternative
solvents. In terms of marketing, Earth Day 20 had a grassroots approach to organizing and relied
[14]

largely on locally based groups like the National Toxics Campaign, a Boston-based coalition of 1,000
local groups concerned with industrial pollution. Earth Day 1990 employed strategies including focus
group testing, direct mail fund raising, and email marketing. [14]

The Earth Day 20 Foundation highlighted its April 22 activities in George, Washington, near
the Columbia River with a live satellite phone call with members of the historic Earth Day 20
International Peace Climb who called from their base camp on Mount Everest to pledge their support
for world peace and attention to environmental issues. The Earth Day 20 International Peace Climb
[15]

was led by Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit Mt. Everest (many years earlier), and marked
the first time in history that mountaineers from the United States, Soviet Union, and China had roped
together to climb a mountain, let alone Mt. Everest. The group also collected more than two tons of
[15]

trash (transported down the mountain by support groups along the way) that was left behind on
Mount Everest from previous climbing expeditions. The master of ceremonies for the Columbia
Gorge event was the TV star, John Ratzenberger, from "Cheers", and the headlining musician was
the "Father of Rock and Roll," Chuck Berry. [15]

Warner Bros. Records released an Earth Day-themed single in 1990 entitled "Tomorrow's World",
written by Kix Brooks (who would later become one-half of Brooks & Dunn) and Pam Tillis. The [16]

song featured vocals from Lynn Anderson, Butch Baker, Shane Barmby, Billy Hill, Suzy Bogguss,
Kix Brooks, T. Graham Brown, The Burch Sisters, Holly Dunn, Foster & Lloyd, Vince Gill, William
Lee Golden, Highway 101, Shelby Lynne, Johnny Rodriguez, Dan Seals, Les Taylor, Pam Tillis, Mac
Wiseman, and Kevin Welch. It charted at number 74 on the Hot Country Songs chart dated May 5,
1990.[17]

Earth Day 2000

Earth Day 2000 combined the ambitious spirit of the first Earth Day with the international grassroots
activism of Earth Day 1990. This was the first year that Earth Day used the Internet as its principal
organizing tool, and it proved invaluable nationally and internationally. Kelly Evans, a professional
political organizer, served as executive director of the 2000 campaign. The event ultimately enlisted
more than 5,000 environmental groups outside the United States, reaching hundreds of millions of
people in a record 183 countries. Leonardo DiCaprio was the official host for the event, and about
[18] [18]

400,000 participants stood in the cold rain during the course of the day.
Subsequent Earth Day events

To turn Earth Day into a sustainable annual event rather than one that occurred every 10 years,
Nelson and Bruce Anderson, New Hampshire's lead organizers in 1990, formed Earth Day USA.
Building on the momentum created by thousands of community organizers around the world, Earth
Day USA coordinated the next five Earth Day celebrations through 1995, including the launch of
EarthDay.org. Following the 25th Anniversary in 1995, the coordination baton was handed to Earth
Day Network.
As the millennium approached, Hayes agreed to spearhead another campaign, this time focusing
on global warming and pushing for clean energy. The April 22 Earth Day in 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
came around, 5,000 environmental groups around the world were on board reaching out to hundreds
of millions of people in a record 184 countries. Events varied: A talking drum chain traveled from
village to village in Gabon, Africa, for example, while hundreds of thousands of people gathered on
the National Mall in Washington, D.C., USA.
Earth Day 2007 was one of the largest Earth Days to date, with many people participating in the
activities in thousands of places
including Kiev, Ukraine; Caracas, Venezuela; Tuvalu; Manila, Philippines; Togo; Madrid, Spain; Lond
on; and New York.
On 2012 Californians for Population Stabilization (CAPS) group brings back Earth Day to human
overpopulation as the main concern. Earth day founder Gaylord Nelson stated that he was
[19]

disappointed in followers for neglecting overpopulation. It is also important for students and young
[20]

adults to become involved towards this issue and become engaged with the environmental issues
happening now. [21]

The Earth Day namze

According to Nelson, the moniker "Earth Day" was "an obvious and logical name" suggested by "a
number of people" in the fall of 1969, including, he writes, both "a friend of mine who had been in the
field of public relations" and "a New York advertising executive," Julian Koenig. Koenig, who had
[22]

been on Nelson's organizing committee in 1969, has said that the idea came to him by the
coincidence of his birthday with the day selected, April 22; "Earth Day" rhyming with "birthday," the
connection seemed natural. Other names circulated during preparationsNelson himself continued
[23][24]

to call it the National Environment Teach-In, but national coordinator Denis Hayes used the term
Earth Day in his communications and press coverage of the event was "practically unanimous" in its
use of "Earth Day," so the name stuck. The introduction of the name "Earth Day" was also claimed
[22]

by John McConnell (see "Equinox Earth Day," below).

The first Canadian Earth Day was held on Thursday, September 11, 1980, and was organized by
Paul D. Tinari, then a graduate student in Engineering Physics/Solar Engineering at Queen's
University. Flora MacDonald, then MP for Kingston and the Islands and former Canadian Secretary
of State for External Affairs, officially opened Earth Day Week on September 6, 1980 with a
ceremonial tree planting and encouraged MPs and MPPs across the country to declare a cross-
Canada annual Earth Day. The principal activities taking place on the first Earth Day included
educational lectures given by experts in various environmental fields, garbage and litter pick-up by
students along city roads and highways as well as tree plantings to replace the trees killed by Dutch
Elm Disease. [26][27]
Earth Day Canada (EDC) is a national environmental charity founded in 1990 that provides
Canadians with practical knowledge, tools, and simple easy-to-accomplish actions to support a
healthier environment through EDC's year-round and award-winning programs.
Education: EcoKids supports teachers and students, grades K-8, with free educational resources,
curriculum-linked lesson plans including ESL and FSL, and homework help and games for students.
EcoMentors offers youth the training and resources they need to facilitate local environmental
education workshops with their peers and other young Canadians.
Action: EDC's challenges, contests and campaigns promote practical, culturally relevant and cost-
effective solutions to help individual Canadians support a healthier environment. EDC also
encourages action by supporting individuals and community groups in the organization and delivery
of local Earth Day (April 22) events.
Recognition and Financial Support: Toyota Earth Day Scholarship Program recognizes tomorrow's
environmental leaders providing twenty $5 000 scholarships to graduating high school students
going on to post-secondary education in the discipline of their choice. The Hometown Heroes Award
Program recognizes environmental leaders at the community level with an individual and a group
award (each with a cash-prize of $10 000), and business leaders with a small business award. Earth
Day Canada's Community Environment Fund funds sustainable community projects in Ontario
providing grants of up to $20 000 to schools and not-for-profit organizations.
The Diversity Engagement and Inclusion Initiative helps the environmental sector to better
communicate with, engage and activate Canada's diverse social and cultural communities. The
Employee Engagement program works with employers to achieve business and sustainability goals
through inclusion of best practices.

History of the Equinox Earth Day (March 20)

The equinoctial Earth Day is celebrated on the March equinox (around March 20) to mark the
precise moment of astronomical spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and of astronomical autumn in
the Southern Hemisphere. An equinox in astronomy is that point in time (not a whole day) when the
Sun is directly above the Earth's equator, occurring around March 20 and September 23 each year.
In most cultures, the equinoxes and solstices are considered to start or separate the seasons.
John McConnell first introduced the idea of a global holiday called "Earth Day" at the
[28]

1969 UNESCO Conference on the Environment. The first Earth Day proclamation was issued
by San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto on March 21, 1970. Celebrations were held in various cities,
such as San Francisco and in Davis, California with a multi-day street party. UN Secretary-
General U Thant supported McConnell's global initiative to celebrate this annual event; and on
February 26, 1971, he signed a proclamation to that effect, saying:
May there be only peaceful and cheerful Earth Days to come for our beautiful Spaceship Earth as it
continues to spin and circle in frigid space with its warm and fragile cargo of animate life.
[29]

United Nations secretary-general Kurt Waldheim observed Earth Day with similar ceremonies on the
March equinox in 1972, and the United Nations Earth Day ceremony has continued each year since
on the day of the March equinox (the United Nations also works with organizers of the April 22 global
event). Margaret Mead added her support for the equinox Earth Day, and in 1978 declared:
"Earth Day is the first holy day which transcends all national borders, yet preserves all geographical
integrities, spans mountains and oceans and time belts, and yet brings people all over the world into
one resonating accord, is devoted to the preservation of the harmony in nature and yet draws upon
the triumphs of technology, the measurement of time, and instantaneous communication through
space.
Earth Day draws on astronomical phenomena in a new way which is also the most ancient way
by using the vernal Equinox, the time when the Sun crosses the equator making the length of night
and day equal in all parts of the Earth. To this point in the annual calendar, EARTH DAY attaches no
local or divisive set of symbols, no statement of the truth or superiority of one way of life over
another. But the selection of the March Equinox makes planetary observance of a shared event
possible, and a flag which shows the Earth, as seen from space, appropriate." [30]

At the moment of the equinox, it is traditional to observe Earth Day by ringing the Japanese Peace
Bell, which was donated by Japan to the United Nations. Over the years, celebrations have
[31]

occurred in various places worldwide at the same time as the UN celebration. On March 20, 2008, in
addition to the ceremony at the United Nations, ceremonies were held in New Zealand, and bells
were sounded in California, Vienna, Paris, Lithuania, Tokyo, and many other locations. The equinox
Earth Day at the UN is organized by the Earth Society Foundation. [32]

Earth Day ringing the peace bell is celebrated around the world in many towns, ringing the Peace
Bell in Vienna, Berlin, and elsewhere. A memorable event took place at the UN in Geneva,
[33]

celebrating a Minute for Peace ringing the Japanese Shinagawa Peace Bell with the help of the
Geneva Friendship Association and the Global Youth Foundation, directly after in deep mourning
[34]

about the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant catastrophe 10 days before.
Beside the Spring Equinox for the Northern Hemisphere, the observance of the Spring Equinox for
the Southern Hemisphere is of equal importance ! It is a "new sign of hope" for Peace that the
International Day of Peace is celebrated on the Spring Equinox of the South! right along the original
[35]

intentions of John McConnell, U-Thant, Muller, Mead,...

April 22 observances
Growing eco-activism before Earth Day 1970
In 1968, Morton Hilbert and the U.S. Public Health Service organized the Human Ecology
Symposium, an environmental conference for students to hear from scientists about the effects of
environmental degradation on human health. This was the beginning of Earth Day. For the next two
[36]

years, Hilbert and students worked to plan the first Earth Day. In April 1970along with a federal
[37]

proclamation from U.S. Sen. Gaylord Nelsonthe first Earth Day was held. [38]

Project Survival, an early environmentalism-awareness education event, was held at Northwestern

University on January 23, 1970. This was the first of several events held at university campuses
across the United States in the lead-up to the first Earth Day. Also, Ralph Nader began talking about
the importance of ecology in 1970.
The 1960s had been a very dynamic period for ecology in the US. Pre-1960 grassroots activism
against DDT in Nassau County, New York, and widespread opposition to open-air nuclear weapons
tests with their global nuclear fallout, had inspired Rachel Carson to write her influential
bestseller, Silent Spring (1962).
Significance of April 22

Global selfie Earth Day, April 22, 2014.

Nelson chose the date in order to maximize participation on college campuses for what he
conceived as an "environmental teach-in". He determined the week of April 1925 was the best bet
as it did not fall during exams or spring breaks. Moreover, it did not conflict with religious holidays
[39]

such as Easter or Passover, and was late enough in spring to have decent weather. More students
were likely to be in class, and there would be less competition with other mid-week eventsso he
chose Wednesday, April 22. The day also fell after the anniversary of the birth of noted
conservationist John Muir. The National Park Service, John Muir National Historic Site, has a
celebration every year on or around Earth Day (April 21, 22, or 23rd), called Birthday-Earth Day, in
recognition of Earth Day and John Muir's contribution to the collective consciousness of
environmentalism and conservation. [40]

Unbeknownst to Nelson, April 22, 1970, was coincidentally the 100th anniversary of the birth
[41]

of Vladimir Lenin, when translated to the Gregorian calendar (which the Soviets adopted in
1918). Time reported that some suspected the date was not a coincidence, but a clue that the event
was "a Communist trick", and quoted a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution as
saying, "subversive elements plan to make American children live in an environment that is good for
them." J. Edgar Hoover, director of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, may have found the
[42]

Lenin connection intriguing; it was alleged the FBI conducted surveillance at the 1970
demonstrations. The idea that the date was chosen to celebrate Lenin's centenary still persists in
[43]

some quarters, an idea borne out by the similarity with the subbotnik instituted by Lenin in 1920 as
[44][45]

days on which people would have to do community service, which typically consisted in removing
rubbish from public property and collecting recyclable material. Subbotniks were also imposed on
other countries within the compass of Soviet power, including Eastern Europe, and at the height of
its power the Soviet Union established a nationwide subbotnik to be celebrated on Lenin's birthday,
April 22, which had been proclaimed a national holiday celebrating communism by Nikita
Khrushchev in 1955.

Earth Day anthems

There are many songs that are performed on Earth Day, that generally fall into two categories.
Popular songs by contemporary artists not specific to Earth Day that are under copyright or new
lyrics adapted to children's songs. UNESCO has termed Indian poet-diplomat Abhay Kumar's idea of
an official Earth Anthem as a creative and inspiring thought that would contribute to bringing the
world together. Kumar's "Earth Anthem" has been translated into eight languages including all
[47]

official languages of the United Nations viz. Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian,
Spanish. The other two languages are Hindi and Nepali. It was launched in June 2013 on the
[48]

occasion of the World Environment Day by Kapil Sibal and Shashi Tharoor, Union Ministers of India
at a function organized by the Indian Council of Cultural Relations in New Delhi. India's Central [49]

Board of Secondary Education or CBSE has started using it for educational purposes. Earth Anthem [50]

has also been used by partner schools of British Council Schools Online, Regent School,[51]

Abuja, Euro School, Kathmandu, Loreto Day School Kolkata Assam Valley School among
[52] [53] [54]

others. It is also supported by the global organization Habitat For Humanity.

[55] [56]

The U.S. Consul General Jennifer McIntyre has called Kumar's Earth Anthem a significant
contribution to Earth Day and truly an anthem for the Earth. Academy Award winner Hollywood
[57]

director Jeffrey D. Brown called it a joyous celebration of common humanity. [58]

Bollywood actress Manisha Koirala and singing nun Ani Choying Drolma have advocated an official
Earth Anthem and appreciated the work being done by poet-diplomat Abhay K towards an official
Earth Anthem. Indian film-maker Shyam Benegal has called multi-language lyrics extremely
[59]

inspiring. [60]

Earth Day Anthem (William Wallace)

The "Ode to Joy" melody by Beethoven, the official anthem of the European Union, also is
performed on the Earth Day. Lyrics for the Earth Day Anthem set to "Ode to Joy" are as follows:
Joyful joyful we adore our Earth in all its wonderment
Simple gifts of nature that all join into a paradise
Now we must resolve to protect her
Show her our love throughout all time
With our gentle hand and touch
We make our home a newborn world
Now we must resolve to protect her
Show her our love throughout all time
With our gentle hand and touch
We make our home a newborn world [61]

Which country became the first to celebrate Earth Day?

2 What type of biome is often referred to as 'the lungs of the Earth' and provides our
planet with around 20% of its oxygen?

3 Does Earth Day have a fixed date?

4 What gas is produced when carbon and oxygen bond together?

5 True or false: The Earth's oceans provide major carbon storage systems?

6 Which American Senator founded Earth Day?

7 What type of zone describes an area of the ocean in which no life exists due to low
oxygen levels?

8 Why is planet Earth commonly known as the Blue Planet?

9 What year was Earth Day first celebrated?

10 The total amount of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere as a result of
human activity is known as: a) Carbon Handprint, b) Carbon Fingerprint, c) Carbon Footprint?

11 What are the four main layers of the Earth?

12 In 2016, nations from across the world gathered in which city to sign an agreement to
work towards reducing global carbon pollution?
13 Which American environmental activist hosted the first Earth Day event held in
Philadelphia and later became known as the Unicorn Killer?

14 Which Indonesian river is often said to be the most polluted river in the world?

15 Which American peace activist designed the Earth Day Flag in 1969?

16 True or false: As of 2013, Delhi was one of the most polluted cities in the entire world by
particulate matter concentration?

17 Is the majority of marine pollution caused by land or non-land based activities?

18 Which agreement was signed on Earth Day 2016 by Barack Obama and Xi Jinping?

19 What percentage of the Earth's surface consists of water, approximately: 60%, 70%,
80%?

20 Can you unscramble the following letters to reveal a word that describes the mass
clearing of the world's forests: TTNDOEIAREOFS

Earth Day Quiz Questions

Earth Day Question Who designed and created the Earth Day Flag?
Quiz 1

Earth Day Question On what date is Earth Day celebrated?

Quiz 2

Earth Day Question What was the year of the very first Earth Day?
Quiz 3

Earth Day Question What American river, polluted by years of dumping industrial waste
Quiz 4 and toxic garbage, caught fire in 1969?

Earth Day Question What was the name of the book that helped launch the modern
Quiz 5 environmental movement?

Earth Day Question What year was leaded gas introduced to enhance engine
Quiz 6 performance of cars?
Earth Day Question What is the name of the Senator who is credited as the founder and
Quiz 7 helped organize the first "Earth Day"?

Earth Day Question In which state did the catastrophic Exxon Valdez oil spill occur?
Quiz 8

Earth Day Question What was the 1979 Three Mile Island Accident? on March 28, 1979
Quiz 9 was a partial nuclear meltdown that resulted in the release of
unknown amounts of radioactive gases and radioactive iodine into
the environment.

Earth Day Question What was the name of the space mission that took the famous "Blue
Quiz 10 Marble" photograph of the planet Earth?

Earth Day Question What was the name of the president who submitted the executive
Quiz 11 order to establish the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)?

Earth Day Question What was the name of the president who passed the Clean Air Act
Quiz 12 of 1963?

Earth Day Question Who wrote the book entitled 'Pollution and the Death of Man'?
Quiz 13

Earth Day Question What year did National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Quiz 14 (NASA) begin the Earth Observing System sending satellites into
space to make important global observations of the planet?

Earth Day Question In which state did the 2014 Elk River chemical spill take place?
Quiz 15

Earth Day Question What award did President Bill Clinton confer on Gaylord Nelson?
Quiz 16

Earth Day Question Why did Congress pass the Endangered Species Act?
Quiz 17

Earth Day Question How many people now celebrate Earth Day?
Quiz 18
Earth Day Quiz Questions
Earth Day Quiz: Quiz Answers
Did you answer the questions correctly? The following answer sheet contains interesting,
fun facts and information on Earth Day for kids.

Earth Day Quiz Answers

Quiz Answer Environmentalist John McConnell was the creator of flag. His design was
 1 inspired when he saw the first picture of the Earth printed in a magazine.
The flag is flown all around the world, showing support of efforts to help
the planet and the people of Earth.

Quiz Answer Earth Day is celebrated on 22 April, during school term time to allow kids
2 to organize events relating to the environment

Quiz Answer The first year that Earth Day was celebrated was in 1970 when it took the
3 form of an environmental 'teach-in'.

Quiz Answer The 1969 Cuyahoga River Fire disaster occurred when the Cuyahoga
4 River, in Cleveland Ohio, caught fire.

Quiz Answer The name of the book that helped to launch the modern environmental
5 movement was 'Silent Spring' by Rachel Carson which highlighted the
problem of pesticide poisoning.

Quiz Answer Leaded gas (gasoline spiked with lead) was introduced in 1923.
6

Quiz Answer The name of the Senator who helped organize the first event was
7 Democrat Gaylord Nelson from Wisconsin. Gaylord Nelson became
involved in many of the most important environmental protection
legislation and is credited as the founder of Earth Day

Quiz Answer Alaska. The 1989 ecological disaster known as the Exxon Valdez oil
8 spill occured when the Exxon Valdez oil tanker spilled 10.9 million gallons
of crude oil into Prince William Sound, Alaska.

Quiz Answer The Three Mile Island Accident was a partial nuclear meltdown in the
9 Pennsylvania power plant that resulted in the release of unknown
amounts of radioactive gases and radioactive iodine into the environment.

Quiz Answer Apollo 17 took the first photograph of the whole illuminated Earth from
10 space, commonly called the "Blue Marble" photograph.

Quiz Answer President Richard Nixon authorized the Environmental Protection Agency
11 (EPA) which was established on December 2, 1970.

Quiz Answer President Lyndon B. Johnson passed the Clean Air Act of 1963 to provide
12 funding for the research and the cleanup of air pollution. Amendments to
the Clean Air Act were made in 1970 and 1990.

Quiz Answer Pollution and the Death of Man was written by American author Francis A.
13 Schaeffer, and was published in 1970
Quiz Answer 1997. The NASA Earth Observing System launched a series of artificial
14 satellite missions into orbit designed for long-term global observations of
the land surface, atmosphere, biosphere and oceans of the Earth.

Quiz Answer West Virginia. The Elk River chemical spill happened on January 9, 2014
15 from a Freedom Industries facility into the Elk River, Charleston, West
Virginia.

Quiz Answer Gaylord Nelson was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in in
16 1995 in honor of his environmental work.

Quiz Answer Congress passed the 1973 Endangered Species Act to protect animals
17 and their ecosystems.

Quiz Answer Earth Day has become a worldwide holiday celebrated by over 1 billion
18 people.