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From Cleanups to Concerts, EcoWatch’s Guide to Earth Day 2024

From Cleanups to Concerts, EcoWatch’s Guide to Earth Day 2024

By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes and Olivia Rosane This year marks the 54th year of Earth Day! What better way to celebrate than to explore opportunities to join others in helping combat the climate crisis and make our planet cleaner, greener and more sustainable? Here are a few suggestions to get you started. 1. Square Up […]

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    Biden Admin Announces $830 Million in Grants to Strengthen U.S. Infrastructure Against Climate Change

    Biden Admin Announces $830 Million in Grants to Strengthen U.S. Infrastructure Against Climate Change

    The Biden administration has announced almost $830 million in grants to support 80 projects across the country to improve aging roadways. The goal of the investments is to make transportation infrastructure more extreme weather-resilient in the face of heat waves, flooding, sea-level rise and other impacts related to climate change. The first-of-their-kind awards are being […]

    EPA Limits Toxic Pollution From Chemical Plants

    EPA Limits Toxic Pollution From Chemical Plants

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized clean air standards that will limit the toxic pollutants released by chemical plants. According to the agency, the new standards will reduce the number of people with increased cancer risks in vulnerable communities near these chemical plants by 96%. The rule sets out to limit toxic air […]

    A Philosopher’s Guide to an Ethical Diet:  A Conversation With Peter Singer

    A Philosopher’s Guide to an Ethical Diet: A Conversation With Peter Singer

    Humans have an enormous impact on planet Earth, but from both an animal welfare and an environmental perspective, perhaps nothing is more important than our diets. In 2022, more than 82 billion livestock animals were slaughtered for meat, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United States, with the majority of those animals […]

    India’s Supreme Court Expands ‘Right to Life’ to Include Protection Against Climate Change

    India’s Supreme Court Expands ‘Right to Life’ to Include Protection Against Climate Change

    In another landmark climate decision, the Supreme Court of India has ruled that an individual’s “right to life” includes protection against the impacts of climate change. The verdict reflects fundamental rights stated in Article 21 of the country’s constitution, reported The Independent. “Without a clean environment which is stable and unimpacted by the vagaries of […]