Saturday marks the start of New York City's seasonal street closures and select roads will be closed for Car Free Earth Day.
A Brooklyn clothing shop sells stylish clothes made of scrapped fabric that otherwise would be thrown away or incinerated.
In New York City, officials are setting up policies to protect our environment and promote safer streets with the city's first microhubs.
While the Earth Day movement has helped raise awareness about human-amplified climate change and has led to some regulatory actions, 5 1/2 decades later, the planet continues to warm at an alarming rate, with the impacts of that warming worsening with each passing decade.
Many of the signs referenced Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University student and pro-Palestinian activist now in ICE custody and facing deportation and Kilmar Abrego Garcia -- a Maryland man who was wrongly deported to El Salvador.
Celebrations for the 2025 Earth Day Festival kicked off at noon and features fun exhibits, activities, and musical performances for kids and adults alike.