Editing Earth Day (section)

=== Earth Day 2007 ===
Thousands of Earth Day projects were held across the globe that ranged from energy efficiency events, protests, letter writing campaigns, civic and environmental K–12 education trainings, urban and rural [[Clean-up (environment)|cleanups]], and water projects with a particular focus on building a broader and more diverse environmental movement.<ref name="Ecologist-2007">{{Cite web |date=April 19, 2007 |title=Earth Day 2007 |url=https://theecologist.org/2007/apr/19/earth-day-2007 |access-date=February 8, 2021 |website=The Ecologist}}</ref> Major events took place in [[Kyiv]], Ukraine; [[Caracas]], Venezuela; [[Tuvalu]]; Philippines; Togo; and [[Madrid]], Spain.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}

In the US, civil rights, religious, and social justice leaders joined Earth Day Network the week of April 16 through April 20 to demand Congress on behalf of their communities and their constituencies that there be no "grandfathering" of pollution permits, that an immediate reduction in carbon emissions be imposed through legislation and that all revenues generated from a carbon tax or a government auction of carbon permits be used for public benefit. Earth Day Network partnered with [[Green Apple Music & Arts Festival]] to mark Earth Day with weekend-long events featuring music and entertainment in New York, San Francisco, and Chicago.<ref name="SFGate-2007">{{Cite news |date=April 23, 2007 |title=Earth Day 2007 Green party in the parks |url=https://www.sfgate.com/green/article/EARTH-DAY-2007-Green-party-in-the-parks-2563883.php |access-date=February 8, 2021 |via=SFGATE}}</ref> More than 200,000 people attended the events and millions of people were reached through the media.

The ''Global Warming in the Pulpit Pledge campaign'' which mobilized priests, ministers, rabbis, and other faith leaders across the U.S. and Canada to make a commitment to preach on global climate change as a moral issue was launched.<ref name="AmProgress-2009">{{Cite web |date=April 22, 2009 |title=21 Ways Faith Groups Are Combating Global Warming].'' Center for American Progress |url=https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/religion/news/2009/04/22/5913/21-ways-faith-groups-are-combating-global-warming |access-date=February 10, 2021}}</ref> Later in 2007, [[Live Earth (2007 concert)|Live Earth]], a global music event, was held across the world.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}