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| Born | August 29, 1944 |
| Hometown | Wisconsin, United States |
| Children | Lisa A. Hayes |
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Letters to the Editor: Ohio lawmakers disregard public by allowing fracking in state parks
- Letters to the Editor: Ohio lawmakers disregarded citizens by allowing fracking leases in state parks, public lands without public notice or input.
Daily Times-Call, Longmont, Colo.EDITORIAL: Views from the nation's press
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Earth Day co-founder talks protecting our planet, 50th anniversary plans
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Patagonia founder gives away company, ensuring profits go to fight climate change
The founder of the outdoor brand Patagonia has relinquished his ownership in the business and directed its profits to fight climate change.
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Harriet Stimson Bullitt, Northwest philanthropist and conservationist, dies at 97
Harriet Stimson Bullitt, a renowned Northwest philanthropist, conservationist and founder of the Sleeping Lady Mountain Resort near Leavenworth, and the scion of a prominent family whose legacy includes the creation of King Broadcasting and a foundation that has poured more than $200 million into environmental causes, has died. She was 97.
- LifestyleRaleigh News and Observer
Today is Earth Day. How the holiday started and how to celebrate in the Triangle
Read a brief history of the holiday and check out a list of events and activities in the Triangle for you and your family.
- WorldOutside
The First Earth Day Changed the World. Here’s What We Can Learn from It.
We asked one of the original Earth Day organizers for ideas on how to bring back urgency to the movement during a moment that's more dire than ever We asked one of the original Earth Day organizers for ideas on how to bring back urgency to the movement during a moment that's more dire than ever
- WorldGood Morning America
The real history of Earth Day and story behind the global eco-celebration
The idea was sparked by the power of the anti-war protests of the 1960s, and events that brought the issue of the environment and its vulnerability to pollution center stage. "You know, back then we didn't have an internet, we didn't have email, we didn't have social media, we didn't have cellphones," said Denis Hayes, the organizer of that first celebration. "As the 1960s progressed a number of environmental issues popped up," he continued, "an oil spill in Santa Barbara, the Cuyahoga River c
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Earth Day founder Denis Hayes leads talk on Pacific Northwest
Feb. 23—Denis Hayes' hope for the future of Earth Day continues to be surrounded by passion and intensity that he hopes becomes institutionalized. "Something that's not really trying to change society, but rather, remember something that took place and treated with honor," the Camas native said. Hayes, Earth Day's primary national organizer in 1970 and lifelong environmental activist and ...
- ScienceTime
Meet ‘Mr. Earth Day,’ the Man Who Helped Organize the Annual Observance
An organizer of the first Earth Day explains the real reason Earth Day is April 22, how it got its name and where it's going next
- NewsThe Daily Beast
Scott Pruitt Is Destroying Earth Day
Today brings the 50th Earth Day. Not a lot to celebrate, except to remember what a revolutionary thing it was and to look ahead to better times by the 60th.
- NewsBloomberg
Advocates Fan Out in Global Show of Support for Science
Washington (AP) -- The world saw brain power take a different form Saturday.
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Obama’s Economy Is the Cow Economy
Earth Day founder Denis Hayes and his wife want America to stop eating so much meat—but their new book may only be preaching to the converted.
