ACROSS

1. Public _________

3. Earth Day is the largest _______ observance in the world

9. Donated

10. The self

12. A Billion ____ of Green is a global tree-planting initiative

15. Follows generation or Cumberland

18. “What’s up, ___?”

20. In 1995, the Presidential _____  __ _______, the highest honor given to a civilian in the United States, was awarded to 63 down

23. Thank you, in text talk

24. Actinon symbol

25. Apiece (abbr)

26. Stamina; wakefulness

29. Creates

32. A ___ for help

34. Precedes Abner

36. Between fa and la

38. Particular pollution

39. Molt

40. Give a darn

41. What do you plan to do on the ____ Earth Day?

43. Symbol for argon

44. Fish or storage ending

45. Certain measuring device

46. Cultivated produce

48. Alexander Hamilton’s denomination

50. Each year, Earth Day marks the anniversary of the birth of the ______ environmental movement in 1970

54. Scatter seed; plant

57. Account of, shortened

59. It’s considered a “___ of Action”

60. Pro opposite

61. 101, to Romans

62. Tin symbol

64. ____ of the Wild

66. I see...

67. Stately deer

68. Require; must-have

70. Another pollution type

72. What an RN should provide

74. Short for blue or barrel

75. Ave. cousin

76. Football score (abbr)

77. Renewable, as energy

80. Ocean

82. Short for number

83. Banking abbreviation

84. Warm (up)

85. The first Earth Day led to the passage of the __________ Species Act

DOWN

1. Fauna

2. Just say “___” ___ policies that hurt our planet

4. For example (abbr)

5. 12 across became the ______ Project

6. Ultraviolet, shortened

7. Earth Day ___ to the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA

8. Make suitable for reuse

11. Man-cave, often

12. Associate of Arts, for short

13. (with 60 down) Result of global warming

14. “City By the Bay” initials

15. Earth Day 2000 saw international ______ activism

16. Precedes IOU

17. Nonwarring condition

19. More than eight hrs.

21. Charge; cost

22. Myself

27. Flora

28. The first Earth Day helped to produce the _____ Air and Water Acts

30. Artificial intelligence, shortened

31. Symbol for krypton

33. Blvd. relative

35. Bother; annoy

37. Not twice

40. State for 14 down (abbr)

42. Clothing size, for short

43. Particular appendage

45. Short for statute or stone

47. No longer owing (abbr)

49. Human, for one

51. Mag. big shot

52. We must take care of our ____ forests

53. Long Island state (abbr)

55. Undomesticated animals

56. Beginning

58. Certain spill

60. (see 13 down)

63. Founder of Earth Day, Gaylord ______, was a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin

64. Type of phone or small compartment

65. Paid notice. for short

66. Particular hooter

69. Tide action

71. Rural Delivery Service, shortened

72. Certain spawner

73. Cerium symbol

77. Took off on foot

78. Children of any ___ can pick up litter

79. Put an ___ to unnecessary waste

81. Electrical engineer, for short  

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