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On the Bleakest Earth Day, Trust the Undercurrent of Resistance

A crowd of hundreds of people gathered on a college campus, seen in a black and white archival photo.

The first Earth Day succeeded because of a decade of preparatory work. Here are the lessons for us in 2026.

The 56th Earth Day may also be the bleakest. Wave upon wave is crashing upon our system of ecological protections. But having spent years studying the full sweep of American environmental legal history, we can say with confidence: the bigger the wave, the stronger the undercurrent. First, at a time when advocates for the environment …

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