Guest Column by Al Gore Founder, The Climate Protection Action Fund Despite the name, Earth Day is really about humanity. Our planet has existed for billions of years and will continue to exist, no matter how much oil and coal we burn, no matter how much carbon pollution we dump into our atmosphere. It’s the…
Daily Archives: April 22, 2010
On 40th Earth Day, Image of Green Movement Still Positive
Nineteen percent of Americans say they are an active participant in the environmental movement, while 42 percent are sympathetic but not active, according to the latest Gallup poll on the subject. The combined active/sympathetic group has declined some since Gallup first measured this in 2000, but, at 61 percent, it remains high. Only 28 percent…
Black Warrior Riverkeeper Launches New Video on Earth Day 2010
On this 40th anniversary of Earth Day, Black Warrior Riverkeeper is launching a three-minute video to help promote awareness about their mission of protecting and restoring the Black Warrior River and its tributaries. The first Earth Day in April 1970 struck a chord with policymakers across the nation and helped set into motion the development…
