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! A black bear cub climbs a tree at Tongass National Forest in Alaska. sarkophoto / iStock / Getty Images Plus America’s largest national forest, Tongass National Forest in Alaska, will be opened up to logging and road construction after the administration finalizes its plans to open up the forest on Friday, according to . The plans to open up the forest to logging have been in the works for years. In March, the Trump administration faced a setback when a federal judge halted plans to open 1.8...…MOST RECENTPOPULAR The best of EcoWatch, right in your inbox. Sign up for our email newsletter! A black bear cub climbs a tree at Tongass National Forest in Alaska. sarkophoto / iStock / Getty Images Plus America’s largest national forest, Tongass National Forest in Alaska, will be opened up to logging and road construction after the administration finalizes its plans to open up the forest on Friday, according to . The plans to open up the forest to logging have been in the works for years. In March, the Trump administration faced a setback when a federal judge halted plans to open 1.8...WW…

MOST RECENTPOPULAR The best of EcoWatch, right in your inbox. Sign up for our email newsletter! A grim new assessment of the world’s flora and fungi has found that two-fifths of its species are at risk of extinction as humans encroach on the natural world, as reported. That puts the number of species at risk near 140,000. The new report, , and an accompanying were published by Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, and depict an international effort from hundreds of scientists from 42 countries who analyzed the health of thousands of animal species. The researchers looked at how people are interacting...…MOST RECENTPOPULAR The best of EcoWatch, right in your inbox. Sign up for our email newsletter! A grim new assessment of the world’s flora and fungi has found that two-fifths of its species are at risk of extinction as humans encroach on the natural world, as reported. That puts the number of species at risk near 140,000. The new report, , and an accompanying were published by Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, and depict an international effort from hundreds of scientists from 42 countries who analyzed the health of thousands of animal species. The researchers looked at how people are interacting...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! Pexels By Mark McCord There may be light at the end of the tunnel in the battle to reduce carbon emissions. Governments and institutions could help halt carbon emissions with just a few carefully selected policy measures, according to a new paper, which looked at the experience of the energy industry and changing trends in road vehicle purchases. If chosen properly and applied internationally, such “tipping points” could set off a series of other changes that snowball into a movement with enough...…MOST RECENTPOPULAR The best of EcoWatch, right in your inbox. Sign up for our email newsletter! Pexels By Mark McCord There may be light at the end of the tunnel in the battle to reduce carbon emissions. Governments and institutions could help halt carbon emissions with just a few carefully selected policy measures, according to a new paper, which looked at the experience of the energy industry and changing trends in road vehicle purchases. If chosen properly and applied internationally, such “tipping points” could set off a series of other changes that snowball into a movement with enough...WW…

MOST RECENTPOPULAR The best of EcoWatch, right in your inbox. Sign up for our email newsletter! Sprinklers irrigate a field of onions near a Castilian village in Spain. According to a new study, the average farm size in the EU has almost doubled since the 1960s. / Moment / Getty Images By Andrea Germanos A new report released Tuesday details the “shocking” state of global land equality, saying the problem is worse than thought, rising, and “cannot be ignored.” Among the key findings is that the largest 1% of the world’s farms operate 70% of farmland and “form the core of production for the...…MOST RECENTPOPULAR The best of EcoWatch, right in your inbox. Sign up for our email newsletter! Sprinklers irrigate a field of onions near a Castilian village in Spain. According to a new study, the average farm size in the EU has almost doubled since the 1960s. / Moment / Getty Images By Andrea Germanos A new report released Tuesday details the “shocking” state of global land equality, saying the problem is worse than thought, rising, and “cannot be ignored.” Among the key findings is that the largest 1% of the world’s farms operate 70% of farmland and “form the core of production for the...WW…

MOST RECENTPOPULAR The best of EcoWatch, right in your inbox. Sign up for our email newsletter! A general view of BP (British Petroleum) refinery in the Port of Rotterdam on April 23, 2020 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Dean Mouhtaropoulos / Getty Images Fossil fuel giant made headlines earlier this year when it announced it would . Now, it is in the headlines again, since it announced on Monday that it would slash 10,000 jobs, roughly 15 percent of its workforce, as it struggles during a downturn in the oil market and transitions its practices towards , as reported. In an email to staff on...…MOST RECENTPOPULAR The best of EcoWatch, right in your inbox. Sign up for our email newsletter! A general view of BP (British Petroleum) refinery in the Port of Rotterdam on April 23, 2020 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Dean Mouhtaropoulos / Getty Images Fossil fuel giant made headlines earlier this year when it announced it would . Now, it is in the headlines again, since it announced on Monday that it would slash 10,000 jobs, roughly 15 percent of its workforce, as it struggles during a downturn in the oil market and transitions its practices towards , as reported. In an email to staff on...WW…

MOST RECENTPOPULAR The best of EcoWatch, right in your inbox. Sign up for our email newsletter! Fossil fuel companies received $110 billion in direct and indirect financial assistance during the coronavirus pandemic, including up to $15.2 billion in direct federal relief. / By Bret Wilkins In a year in which the United States has already suffered 16 climate-driven extreme weather events more than $1 billion in economic damages, and as millions of American workers face loss of essential unemployment benefits due to congressional inaction, a report published Monday reveals the administration...…MOST RECENTPOPULAR The best of EcoWatch, right in your inbox. Sign up for our email newsletter! Fossil fuel companies received $110 billion in direct and indirect financial assistance during the coronavirus pandemic, including up to $15.2 billion in direct federal relief. / By Bret Wilkins In a year in which the United States has already suffered 16 climate-driven extreme weather events more than $1 billion in economic damages, and as millions of American workers face loss of essential unemployment benefits due to congressional inaction, a report published Monday reveals the administration...WW…

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! An Extinction Rebellion protester outside the Bank of England on Oct. 14, 2019 in London, England. John Keeble / Getty Images By Jessica Corbett In another win for climate campaigners, leaders of 12 major cities around the world — collectively home to about 36 million people — committed Tuesday to divesting from companies and investing in a green, just recovery from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The announcement from C40 Cities — a global network of communities dedicated to tackling the —...…MOST RECENTPOPULAR The best of EcoWatch, right in your inbox. Sign up for our email newsletter! An Extinction Rebellion protester outside the Bank of England on Oct. 14, 2019 in London, England. John Keeble / Getty Images By Jessica Corbett In another win for climate campaigners, leaders of 12 major cities around the world — collectively home to about 36 million people — committed Tuesday to divesting from companies and investing in a green, just recovery from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The announcement from C40 Cities — a global network of communities dedicated to tackling the —...WW…