The very first Earth Day - April 22, 1970 was literally the 100th anniversary of the birth of Vlad Lenin.
As someone else put it, “They had 365 days to pick from; they chose Lenin’s birthday”.
I’m certain the masses of smelly hippies gathered to celebrate it were displayed prominently on Soviet TV, with the narration “Here are the children of the capitalist running-dog imperialist lackeys, throwing off their chains and celebrating the birth of Comrade Lenin”.
Earth Day - a day founded by a murderer, Ira Einhorn, to celebrate people for being as dumb as dirt.
I remember about 30 years ago, Rush warned us the environmental movement would become the new vehicle for Marxism to advance their agenda worldwide. I scoffed at the idea at first, but Rush was right.
I thought it done as a salute to Oliver Douglas’ birthday.
***They needed a new boogeyman, and they needed one fast. ***
Here is one! A return to THE COMING ICE AGE!
https://bigthink.com/news/the-solar-minimum-is-coming-in-about-30-years-what-will-it-do