Today is Earth Day, a day to keep the environment, and what you can do to help it in mind. Here is a little history lesson on this tradition from the EPA website.

On April 22, 1970, 20 million people across America celebrated the first Earth Day. It was a time when cities were buried under their own smog and polluted rivers caught fire. Now Earth Day is celebrated annually around the globe. Through the combined efforts of the U.S. government, grassroots organizations, and citizens like you, what started as a day of national environmental recognition has evolved into a world-wide campaign to protect our global environment.

Now, with recycling and energy efficiency being more cost effective than ever, it is not too difficult to be a good steward to the planet on which we live.

Ray Petelin,
WSEE Storm Team Meteorologist