Earth Day, born from a growing environmental awareness sparked by Rachel Carson's 'Silent Spring,' unites over a billion ...

In 1962, when environmentalist and author Rachel Carson penned 'Silent Spring,' alerting the world to the dangers of the pesticide DDT, it was the reproductive threat to birds -- the bald eagle in ...

I was reading about the history of Earth Day. It is odd to think that this annual April 22 activity has been around for 55 years, and the majority of Americans were not even alive when it became a ...

In 1962, when environmentalist and author Rachel Carson penned "Silent Spring," alerting the world to the dangers of the ...

Earth Day, founded in 1970, was intended at that time to educate the public to growing environmental issues. Rachel Carson’s ...

That’s when President Richard Nixon signed the act creating the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and proclaiming April 22 ...

When Rachel Carson's Silent Spring was published in 1962, Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas and E. B. White of the New Yorker both compared the impact of the book to that of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

A powerful list of books that influenced Jane Goodall’s journey—each title shaped her thoughts on animals, science, justice, ...

A spade stabbed into a tuft of vegetation. The weeds — nascent tumbleweeds — were scattered like green pompoms around an experimental field at Rio Grande Nature Center State Park. A small group of ...