MOST RECENTPOPULAR The best of EcoWatch, right in your inbox. Sign up for our email newsletter! More than 700 New Yorkers marched across the Brooklyn Bridge on April 18, 2019 to demand Governor Andrew Cuomo block the controversial Williams Northeast Supply Enhancement (NESE) Pipeline, which would carry fracked gas through New York Harbor. Erik McGregor / Pacific Press / LightRocket via Getty Images New York state has rejected the controversial Williams that would have carried from Pennsylvania through New Jersey, running beneath New York Harbor and the Atlantic Ocean before connecting to an...…MOST RECENTPOPULAR The best of EcoWatch, right in your inbox. Sign up for our email newsletter! More than 700 New Yorkers marched across the Brooklyn Bridge on April 18, 2019 to demand Governor Andrew Cuomo block the controversial Williams Northeast Supply Enhancement (NESE) Pipeline, which would carry fracked gas through New York Harbor. Erik McGregor / Pacific Press / LightRocket via Getty Images New York state has rejected the controversial Williams that would have carried from Pennsylvania through New Jersey, running beneath New York Harbor and the Atlantic Ocean before connecting to an...WW…

✕Environmental News for a Healthier Planet and Life…✕Environmental News for a Healthier Planet and LifeWW…

MOST RECENTPOPULAR The best of EcoWatch, right in your inbox. Sign up for our email newsletter! A fish farm off the coast of Tasmania. CW03070 / E+ / Getty Images Around 50,000 farmed swam free on Monday after a fire melted part of their enclosure off the coast of Tasmania. The salmon’s escape has prompted concerns from local environmentalists, who are worried about the impact of the farmed fish on native and ecosystems. While the farm’s owners insist that impact will be minimal and the fish will be quickly eaten by seals or caught by recreational fishers, others disagree. “It’s like...…MOST RECENTPOPULAR The best of EcoWatch, right in your inbox. Sign up for our email newsletter! A fish farm off the coast of Tasmania. CW03070 / E+ / Getty Images Around 50,000 farmed swam free on Monday after a fire melted part of their enclosure off the coast of Tasmania. The salmon’s escape has prompted concerns from local environmentalists, who are worried about the impact of the farmed fish on native and ecosystems. While the farm’s owners insist that impact will be minimal and the fish will be quickly eaten by seals or caught by recreational fishers, others disagree. “It’s like...WW…

MOST RECENTPOPULAR The best of EcoWatch, right in your inbox. Sign up for our email newsletter! On Thursday, Maryland will become the first state in the nation to implement a ban on foam takeout containers. guruXOOX / iStock / Getty Images Plus Maryland will become the first state in the nation Thursday to implement a ban on foam takeout containers. The law, which was passed in 2019, prohibits restaurants and other institutions that serve food, such as schools, from using polystyrene containers, . “Single-use are overrunning our and bays and neighborhoods,” chief bill sponsor Democratic...…MOST RECENTPOPULAR The best of EcoWatch, right in your inbox. Sign up for our email newsletter! On Thursday, Maryland will become the first state in the nation to implement a ban on foam takeout containers. guruXOOX / iStock / Getty Images Plus Maryland will become the first state in the nation Thursday to implement a ban on foam takeout containers. The law, which was passed in 2019, prohibits restaurants and other institutions that serve food, such as schools, from using polystyrene containers, . “Single-use are overrunning our and bays and neighborhoods,” chief bill sponsor Democratic...WW…

MOST RECENTPOPULAR The best of EcoWatch, right in your inbox. Sign up for our email newsletter! A plastic bag caught in a tree in New Jersey's Palisades Park. James Leynse / Stone / Getty Images New Jersey is one step closer to passing what environmental advocates say is the strongest anti- legislation in the nation. The state Legislature passed a sweeping measure Thursday that would ban from stores and restaurants and single-use food and drink containers made from polystyrene foam, . The ban is noteworthy for being the first in the country to include supermarket paper bags as well as...…MOST RECENTPOPULAR The best of EcoWatch, right in your inbox. Sign up for our email newsletter! A plastic bag caught in a tree in New Jersey's Palisades Park. James Leynse / Stone / Getty Images New Jersey is one step closer to passing what environmental advocates say is the strongest anti- legislation in the nation. The state Legislature passed a sweeping measure Thursday that would ban from stores and restaurants and single-use food and drink containers made from polystyrene foam, . The ban is noteworthy for being the first in the country to include supermarket paper bags as well as...WW…

MOST RECENTPOPULAR The best of EcoWatch, right in your inbox. Sign up for our email newsletter! New Zealand could be the first country in the world to require its major financial institutions to report on the risks posed by the climate crisis. Lawrence Murray / / New Zealand could be the first country in the world to require its major financial institutions to report on the risks posed by the . This means that about 200 of the country’s biggest companies and banks would have to report on the impact that events or climate polices will have on their business, . “Today is another step on the...…MOST RECENTPOPULAR The best of EcoWatch, right in your inbox. Sign up for our email newsletter! New Zealand could be the first country in the world to require its major financial institutions to report on the risks posed by the climate crisis. Lawrence Murray / / New Zealand could be the first country in the world to require its major financial institutions to report on the risks posed by the . This means that about 200 of the country’s biggest companies and banks would have to report on the impact that events or climate polices will have on their business, . “Today is another step on the...WW…

MOST RECENTPOPULAR The best of EcoWatch, right in your inbox. Sign up for our email newsletter! In an ad released by Republican Voters Against Trump, former coronavirus task force member Olivia Troye roasted the president for his response. / YouTube Yet another former staffer has come out with an for former Vice President , this time in response to President ‘s handling of the pandemic. In an ad released by Republican Voters Against Trump (RVAT) Thursday, a former homeland security advisor to Vice President Mike Pence, as well as his top aide on the White House coronavirus task force,...…MOST RECENTPOPULAR The best of EcoWatch, right in your inbox. Sign up for our email newsletter! In an ad released by Republican Voters Against Trump, former coronavirus task force member Olivia Troye roasted the president for his response. / YouTube Yet another former staffer has come out with an for former Vice President , this time in response to President ‘s handling of the pandemic. In an ad released by Republican Voters Against Trump (RVAT) Thursday, a former homeland security advisor to Vice President Mike Pence, as well as his top aide on the White House coronavirus task force,...WW…