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15y ago

It was established on Apr. 22, as a day to celebrate the environment. The first Earth Day was organized in 1970 to promote the ideas of ecology, encourage respect for life on earth, and highlight growing concern over pollution of the soil, air, and water.

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US Senator Gaylord Nelson thought that a special day would gather the energy of Americans. People were starting to worry about air and water pollution. There had been a big oil spill the year before in Santa Barbara, California, and twenty million people gathered that first Earth Day all across America. April 22, 1970.

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It was created so there would be more awareness about the need to clean up the Earth.

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Who started Earth Day and When?

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