Ravaged by Deforestation, Borneo Loses Nearly 150,000 Orangutans in 16 Years
Fri 2:11pm By Mongabay
By Basten Gokkon The world lost nearly 150,000 orangutans from the island of Borneo in the past 16…Coastal Recreation and Tourism Businesses Fight Offshore Oil Drilling Proposal
Fri 12:01pm By Surfrider Foundation
The Surfrider Foundation and leaders of the coastal recreation and tourism industry on Thursday…Renewables Now Contribute Nearly One-Fifth of U.S. Electricity Generation
Fri 11:56am By Lorraine Chow
Renewable energy now makes up 18 percent of total electrical generation in the U.S., roughly double…Animals With White Winter Camouflage Could Struggle to Adapt to Climate Change
Fri 11:02am By Carbon Brief
By Daisy Dunne Animals that turn white in the winter to hide themselves in snowy landscapes could…How Water Scarcity Shapes the World's Refugee Crisis
Feb 15, 2018, 2:46 pm By Circle of Blue
Behind barbed-wire fences at this camp in northern Jordan, about 33,000 Syrians—half of them…Taiwan Sets Aggressive Timeline to Ban Straws and Other Single-Use Plastics
Feb 15, 2018, 1:52 pm By Lorraine Chow
Taiwan's Environmental Protection Agency, in cooperation with a number of environmental…Air Pollution From Industrial Shutdowns and Startups a Grave Danger to Public Health
Feb 15, 2018, 1:07 pm By The Conversation
By Nikolaos Zirogiannis, Alex J. Hollingsworth and David Konisky When Hurricane Harvey struck the…3 Things Cities Can Learn from Cape Town’s Impending 'Day Zero' Water Shut-Off
Feb 15, 2018, 12:20 pm By World Resources Institute
By Betsy Otto and Leah Schleifer Cape Town is running out of water. After three years of intense…China Reassigns 60,000 Soldiers to Plant Trees
Feb 15, 2018, 11:23 am By Lorraine Chow
Earlier this year , the Chinese government announced plans for a major reforestation…We Are Drowning In Plastic, and Fracking Companies Are Profiting
Feb 15, 2018, 10:34 am By YES! Magazine
By Wenonah Hauter We are choking the planet in plastic . Everything from wasteful water bottles to…Update on Nestlé: Michiganders Mobilize to Take Back Public Water
Feb 15, 2018, 10:19 am By The Story of Stuff Project
By Miranda Fox The Swiss multinational Nestlé has been facing increasing scrutiny in Michigan.…Trump Wants to Cut 355 National Weather Service Jobs Despite Record-Breaking Disasters in 2017
Feb 15, 2018, 9:01 am By Lorraine Chow
With weather and climate disasters becoming more destructive and costlier than ever, accurate and…Conservation Groups, House Reps Call for EPA to Respect Science, Take Action on Pollinator-Killing Pesticides
Feb 15, 2018, 8:48 am By Center for Food Safety
Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D.-Ore.), alongside Representative Jim McGovern (D.-Mass.) and…More Action Needed to Ensure Safe Water for First Nations
Feb 14, 2018, 2:12 pm By Dr. David Suzuki
All nine community water systems on Lytton First Nation land in BC have been under boil water…Non-Stick Chemicals Used in Pans, Food Wrappers Linked to Weight Gain
Feb 14, 2018, 2:04 pm By Lorraine Chow
Perfluorinated chemicals , also known as PFASs or PFCs, are used to make everyday items—such as…New Online Calculator Lets You See the Impact of Your Meat Intake
Feb 14, 2018, 1:33 pm By AlterNet
By Robin Scher One of my resolutions this year is to eat less meat. As a lifelong carnivore, this…Germany Considers Free Public Transport to Fight Air Pollution
Feb 14, 2018, 11:42 am By Lorraine Chow
In car-obsessed Germany , the government is considering free public transportation in some of its…Trump Wants to Replace Food Stamps With Food Packages
Feb 14, 2018, 10:10 am By Modern Farmer
By Dan Nosowitz The Trump administration has waged war on SNAP , better known as food stamps, since…EPA Head Scott Pruitt Has a 'Blanket Waiver' to Fly First Class
Feb 14, 2018, 8:53 am By Lorraine Chow
Scott Pruitt , the administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ), has a "blanket…Israel Preps for Syrian War With Golan’s Oil and Water in Its Sights
Feb 14, 2018, 8:31 am By MintPress News
By Whitney Webb Soon after Saturday's dangerous escalation involving Syria's downing of an Israeli…
- Visit EcoWatch at ecowatch.com
- EcoWatch on Twitter
- Bookmark and Share
- EcoWatch RSS Feed
Welcome to EcoTopical Your daily eco-friendly green news aggregator.
Leaf through planet Earths environmental headlines in one convenient place. Read, share and discover the latest on ecology, science and green living from the web's most popular sites.
Leaf through planet Earths environmental headlines in one convenient place. Read, share and discover the latest on ecology, science and green living from the web's most popular sites.
Earth911
EcoWatch
ENN
Green Car Congress
Greentech Media
Grist
Little Green Blog
MNN
Nature
NRDC
The Ecologist
TreeHugger
Trellis
Yale e360