What is celebrated on April 22 of every year?
Each year, Earth Day—April 22—marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. This celebration is known and recognized worldwide. All ecologists and people who care about the destiny of our planet are trying to find effective solutions everyday, and the Earth Day is a special occasion to remind everyone about the importance of responsible way of life and sustainable development.
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www.earthday.org
What are your thoughts on this subject?
83 Comments
William Laughlin
It's your government acting on your behalf, making sure industry and big business doesn't run roughshod over our natural resources. How would you like a chemical dump in your backyard or by the school where your kids go to study? How would you like lead in your paint or noxious fumes spewing from plants by your home. Check out the air polution figures from the 60s and 70s in LA compared to today. There is definitely much cleaner air there today thanks to emissions standards having been implemented.
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Jun 24, 2016 4:16AM
Bill Ahrens
This sounded like a big deal when I was in high school. I thought my parents were finally starting to pay attention to the whole earth and the effects of pollution. 46 years later some things have changed, many have not!!! Or not enough. The poles are melting, oceans are warming, and the world is still polluting.
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Jun 25, 2016 11:15PM
William Laughlin
Tell me why. Don't you like clean air and water?
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Jun 9, 2016 8:02AM
Spencer Young
Everyday should be an earth day
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Jun 29, 2016 3:50PM
Michael Linehan
The EPA was created by Congress. The Environmental Protection Act was passed by Congress (our elected officials) and signed by President Nixon. The EPA does not make laws. It enforces laws passed by Congress.
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Jun 29, 2016 11:36PM
William Laughlin
Rick Shomin You don't even know me, you annoying, childish mosquito!
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Jun 30, 2016 12:35AM
Barbara Ell
Actually, it's my birthday. And thank you all for celebrating it with me :-D
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Dec 3, 2018 1:04PM
Thor Johnson
I was part of the inaugural Earth Day. We cleaned up a creek near my high school and piled the bags up in a field north of the high school. Barack Obama spoke at my high school from that same field.
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Dec 2, 2018 6:53PM
William Laughlin
You were under the wrong impression. This forum ALWAYS gets political. Are you new to the comments section?
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Jun 30, 2016 12:38AM
Jim Mascair
I'm not going moving anywhere, so we might as well make the Earth a better place.
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Nov 29, 2018 5:23PM
ME
Oops Sorry Earth 😘
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Mar 11, 2024 6:34PM
cgrhm
And the rest of the year, people continue to trash the planet.
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Sep 5, 2023 8:28PM
Armadillo
Thor Johnson, that sounds like a wonderful way of contributing indeed.
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May 16, 2021 9:42PM
Marianne
It’s also my aunts birthday. But there wasn’t a option for that LOL
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Apr 23, 2021 10:04AM
Ant
Never heard of it. Shows how little interest this is to people.
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Oct 28, 2020 7:16AM
Carol Hussa Harvey
Good to to celebrate the earth on which we humans live!
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Oct 20, 2020 3:27PM
Mrs. Deadman
Earth Day is also my Bearthday😍
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Oct 6, 2020 1:20PM
Sean C
Never heard of earth Day before learn something new every day
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Aug 17, 2020 1:59PM
Player
Never heard of it
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Apr 29, 2020 4:37PM
Spc Kook Dude
Paul Sterling, Me too. I love posting questions for dumb yanks (Americans) though. You guys are not aware like we Britons. Besides our athlete and royal scandals, bad government, and teeth, dysfunctional royals and Brexit, we are the greatest and we love to brag about our pride. Now, its gay pride. Marriage is now legal for me and my man!
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Jan 26, 2020 1:49AM
Spc Kook Dude
Bill Ahrens, Stevie and me are going to save the world! We have a plan.
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Jan 26, 2020 1:46AM
Spc Kook Dude
We are having an environmentally sound LGBT wedding at Gretna Green. Anyone is invited. Please email me. Save the world!
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Jan 26, 2020 1:45AM
cindigon
Actually I celebrate my birthday. I was hoping that would be one of the choices, but alas, it was not. So I picked Earthday.
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Nov 28, 2019 12:49PM
blharris
rural girl, lol
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Nov 23, 2019 12:43PM
rural girl
William you talk too much...
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Nov 21, 2019 3:24PM
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