Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. World Environment Day celebrated on a global scale offers a day to focus and bring about awareness to environmental issues. The ...

I was a junior in high school when the first World Environment Day (WED) was celebrated in 1972. Marked annually on June 5, it was established by the United Nations General Assembly and over the past ...

This Thursday marks World Environment Day, an annual awareness day born out of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). It’s the largest global platform for environmental outreach, and this ...

Solano County proudly celebrated World Environment Day on Saturday with a cleanup and restoration event hosted by the Solano Resource Conservation District that resulted in the collection of nearly ...

Several of Baltimore‘s top cultural attractions will reward eco-conscious visitors with free and discounted admissions on World Environment Day this Thursday. Asma Naeem, the museum’s director, said ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Today is World Environment Day, an observance that’s been drawing attention to many issues affecting our ecosystems since 1973. Each year, a theme is presented with 2025 focusing ...

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Kris Janowski – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 5 June 2001 Today is ...

More than 400 million tonnes of plastic is produced every year worldwide, half of which is designed to be used only once. Of that, less than 10 per cent is recycled. An estimated 11 million tonnes end ...

This year’s World Environment Day will launch and focus on the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration is a global rallying cry to heal our planet. Ecosystems ...