ENVIRONMENT

Feel like your energy bills have been higher than normal lately? You’re not imagining things. And unfortunately, it looks like energy costs will continue to heat up as temperatures start to drop. Utility companies across the country are hiking their rates, with customers reporting monthly bills roughly $20 to $35 higher than normal.1 The price

The Garzweiler coal mine with wind turbines in background in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Westend61 / Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions. In a backwards move indicative of the world’s

If you’re reading this, you’ve just survived one of the hottest summers on record.1 Chances are your air conditioner was set to “high” and your energy bills looked like they were, too. We can send our thanks to climate change and rising utility rates for that. But you yourself may also be to blame for

We can’t recycle our way out of the plastic pollution crisis.  That’s the definitive conclusion of a new Greenpeace report released Monday that found that only five to six percent of plastics in the U.S. were actually recycled, a major decline from the still relatively low highs of 9.5 percent in 2014 and 8.7 percent

Gadvi Kailashben, a 42-year-old widow, lives in Modhera, India’s first solar-powered village. UN News Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions. Modhera in the state of Gujarat has become the first solar-powered

A group of humpback whales feed in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary May 10, 2018 near Gloucester, Massachusetts. DON EMMERT / AFP / Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and

Flooding in Mumbai, India on July 5, 2022. Avishek Das / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions. It’s no secret that climate hazards are

French President Emmanuel Macron (C), Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (L) and Portugal’s Prime Minister Antonio Costa (R) pose ahead of their meeting on the sideline of a EU leaders Summit in Brussels on Oct. 20, 2022. LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP via Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based

Liz Truss speaks in Downing Street, watched by husband Hugh O’Leary, as she resigns as Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom in London, England on Oct. 20, 2022. Dan Kitwood / Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality,

This winter, Americans are projected to pay the highest price in a decade to heat their homes.  A recent study by The National Energy Assistance Directors Association estimates that the average U.S. household will pay 17.2% more for heating costs — $177 more on average — compared to last year, which already saw record-breaking prices.

Currently, if you want to make sure your home or business is powered by renewable energy, installing rooftop solar panels is your best option.  However, soon there may be a new game in town. The company Aeromine Technologies has developed a rooftop wind device called the Aeromine. “This is a game-changer adding new value to

It’s the middle of the summer and the temperatures are flirting with 100 degrees Fahrenheit. In an attempt to combat such intense heat, your air conditioning unit has been running nonstop. Through your HVAC’s dutiful efforts your interior feels nice and cool, but you rip open your utility bill only to see that the cost

What is Soil Health? Soil, particularly healthy soil, is a living, breathing organism, rich with billions of healthy bacteria, fungi, and other microbes that all play unique roles to create delicate and exquisite self-sustaining ecosystems.  It not only creates nutrient-dense, abundant crops, but plays a critical role in the health of our environment with its

Denman Glacier. NASA / J. Sonntag Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions. In recent years, scientists have begun to raise the alarm that East Antarctica isn’t as safe from the ravages

Just Stop Oil activists poured tomato soup on Vincent van Gogh’s famous “Sunflowers” painting in London’s National Gallery.  Just Stop OIl Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions. In perhaps their most

Dead corals in the Maldives. Alexis Rosenfeld / Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions. Half of the world’s coral reefs are threatened by 2035 if nothing is done to