Earth Day

Celebrate Earth Day with these 15 events

Help clean up Madison parks, recycle your old electronics or plant trees to help do your part in making a better world for everyone.

Help clean up Madison parks, recycle your old electronics or plant trees to help do your part in making a better world for everyone.

20 ways to live a more waste-free life

Small changes are meaningful when it comes to reducing your personal consumption.

Small changes are meaningful when it comes to reducing your personal consumption. In Madison, local stores and groups are encouraging people to live low-waste lives.

Keepers of the Earth Day flame

Fifty years after Wisconsin’s Gaylord Nelson founded Earth Day, environmentalists continue to mobilize around climate change.

Fifty years after Wisconsin’s Gaylord Nelson founded Earth Day, environmentalists continue to mobilize around climate change.

Federal report contradicts EPA chief's climate change claims

President Donald Trump reminded the public on Monday, in honor of Earth Day, that while his administration values the environment, "environmental protection and economic prosperity go hand in hand." Trump and EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler have publicly stated that climate change is not the White House's main environmental priority.

Earth Day: 5 things affecting the planet

In the past year, we've had environmental victories as well as defeats, all of which will have effects on the planet in some way. Here are five significant events that happened since the last Earth Day, according to CNN.

Greenest states in America

When it comes to the environment, some states are just better at being greener than others. In honor of Earth Day on April 22, check out which U.S. states are the greenest.