The Lincoln Park Zoo is taking Earth Day to the next level with celebrations all week long. In honor of Earth Day on Tuesday, ...

1970: As the first Earth Day was observed in the United States, Illinois Attorney General William Scott told a rally at the ...

Fifty-five years after the first Earth Day, Environmental Protection Agency employees and advocates call for help as the ...

Illinois, Chicago and other local governments must step up to advance environmental progress while the federal government ...

Earth Day is on Tuesday, but the Chicago Park District is looking for volunteers for its annual parks cleanup event happening ...

On this Earth Day, the City of Chicago is encouraging residents to try composting as a way to care for the planet.

This year’s cleanup in Humboldt Park was the biggest one yet for the Chicago Park District and the organization Friends of the Parks, who both recruited over 2,000 volunteers – a record number.

Earth Day has its roots in growing concern over pollution in the 1960s, when author Rachel Carson's 1962 book “Silent Spring,” about the pesticide DDT and its damaging effects on the food chain, hit ...

Tuesday is Earth Day, and the Excel Academy of Roseland is working to keep their neighborhood clean during the second annual ...

After winning the Masters to became the sixth golfer in history to complete the career grand slam, joining the likes of Gene ...

Earth Day events are still going on this weekend. Plus, Chicago's biggest art show hits Navy Pier. You can also shop a ...