ENVIRONMENT

CalFire firefighters monitor the Mosquito fire in Foresthill, California on September 13, 2022. Josh Edelson/ 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 solutions. By Julia Conley A new study released

The Tucson Fire Department and Arizona Department of Public Safety respond to a hazardous material spill and brush fires on I-10. Tucson Fire Department 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. On

President Joe Biden views an EV charging station at the White House in Washington, DC on Nov. 2, 2022. Oliver Contreras / 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. As

Bolthouse Farms smoothies on a supermarket shelf. Jeff Greenberg / 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. A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Bolthouse Farms, alleging the California-based beverage

A rendering of the new JFK Airport Terminal 1. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey 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. Back in 2010, the Federal Aviation Administration released

At around 9 p.m. local time on Friday, Feb. 3, a freight train transporting 20 cars worth of hazardous materials derailed in the town of East Palestine, Ohio, near the state’s border with Pennsylvania.  The derailment sparked a fire and forced 1,500 to 2,000 people to evacuate. It also raised concerns about the lingering public

By Daniel Craig McCool As Western states haggle over reducing water use because of declining flows in the Colorado River Basin, a more hopeful drama is playing out in Glen Canyon. Lake Powell, the second-largest U.S. reservoir, extends from northern Arizona into southern Utah. A critical water source for seven Colorado River Basin states, it has shrunk

Home Energy The Future of Flight in a Net-Zero-Carbon World: 9 Scenarios, Lots of Sustainable Biofuel By: The Conversation Updated: February 11, 2023 Some airlines are already experimenting with sustainable aviation fuel. Michael H / Stone Collection / Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital

A farmer applies nitrogen fertilizer to a field in Lower Saxony, Hansted, Germany. Philipp Schulze / picture alliance 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. When we think of

Vestas wind turbines in Denmark. imagean / 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. Danish wind turbine maker Vestas has announced that it has developed a chemical mixture that breaks

The BMW i3 plug-in hybrid vehicle during the 2017 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan on Jan. 10, 2017. SAUL LOEB / AFP 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,

The BP petroleum refinery in Gelsenkirchen, western Germany on March 8, 2022. INA FASSBENDER / AFP 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. Oil and gas giant BP has

Burning wood releases high levels of toxins into the air. lucentius / E+ / 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. The crackle and glow of a wood stove may

Society is currently changing too slowly to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Spencer Platt / 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. If current trends

A coal-fired power plant and wind turbines at the Neurath power station near Bedburg, Germany on May 5, 2022. Andreas Rentz / 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. Germany

A recycling facility full of plastic waste in New South Wales, Australia. New South Wales Department of Planning and Environment 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. Supermarkets Woolworths and Coles have