The following five data-driven charts, which Business Insider assembled for Earth Day, help illustrate the disproportionate ecological footprint Americans have on our planet. Read next Jump to ...
Learn about Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson (1916–2005) and how environmental disasters of his day inspired the creation of Earth Day in 1970. On December 7, 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts captured a now ...
Millions of people around the world will pause on Monday, April 22, at least for a moment, to mark Earth Day. It’s an annual event founded by people who hoped to stir activism to clean up and ...