Earth Day 2019

Question: Consider the following statements regarding Earth Day, 2019:
(1) It was celebrated on 22nd April, 2019
(2) Earth Day Network’s Mission is to diversify, educate and activate the environmental movement worldwide
(3) The theme of Earth Day is Protect our Species
Choose the correct statement/s from the above
(a) Only 1)
(b) Only (2)
(c) Both (1) and (2)
(d) All the above
Answer: (d)
Related facts:

• The Theme of Earth Day, 2019, is Protect Our Species. In the year 2020, the 50^th anniversary of the Earth Day will be celebrated.
• Earth Day Network works year round to solve climate change, to end plastic pollution, to protect endangered species, and to broaden, educate, and activate the environmental movement across the globe.
• Earth Day Network’s mission is to diversify, educate and activate the environmental movement worldwide.
• Earth Day Network is the world’s largest recruiter to the environmental movement, working with more than 75,000 partners in nearly 192 countries to build environmental democracy. More than 1 billion people now participate in Earth Day activities each year, making it the largest civic observance in the world.
• The first Earth Day was celebrated on 22^nd April, 1970, and it is regarded as the launching of modern environmental movement. Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act and many other are groundbreaking environmental laws. 
• Twenty years later, Earth Day went global, mobilizing 200 million people in more than 190 countries and lifting environmental issues onto the world stage.

Links:

http:// https://www.earthday.org/earthday/

https://www.earthday.org/campaigns/endangered-species/earthday2019/

https://www.earthday.org/about/