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    The first Earth Day was celebrated nationwide on April 22, 1970 by environmental activists to raise awareness of issues like pollution, contamination, and wasted resources through teach-ins, marches, and cleanups. The creation of the Environmental Protection Agency and passage of the Clean Air Act later that year further drew public attention to environmental problems. Earth Day provided a platform to demonstrate public support for environmental causes and helped launch the strong environmental movement of the 1970s.

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    The first Earth Day was celebrated nationwide on April 22, 1970 by environmental activists to raise awareness of issues like pollution, contamination, and wasted resources through teach-ins, marches, and cleanups. The creation of the Environmental Protection Agency and passage of the Clean Air Act later that year further drew public attention to environmental problems. Earth Day provided a platform to demonstrate public support for environmental causes and helped launch the strong environmental movement of the 1970s.

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    The first Earth Day was celebrated nationwide on April 22, 1970 by a coalition of conservationists

    who sought to bring attention to such environmental problems as oil spills, pollution, soil
    contamination, ​toxic waste​, strip mining, and wasted resources. The event included lectures and
    teach-ins​, marches and demonstrations, and environmental clean-ups of parks, roads, and beaches.
    Also in 1970, the creation of the ​Environmental Protection Agency​ in October and the passage of the
    Clean Air Act​ in December focused public attention on problems in the environment. Earth Day gave
    the public a forum to show their support for environmental causes and helped turn environmental
    activism into one of the strongest social movements of the 1970s.

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