EcoWatch is proud to be a media partner of the Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF) again this year. From March 30 – April 10, CIFF, celebrating its 40th anniversary, will showcase 193 feature films and 213 short films representing 72 countries. More than half of the 4,000 film festivals around the world are in the U.S., and according to USA […]
It started with the founding fathers. In America’s very first election, in 1788, the government officially barred all women, all people of color and any man without land from voting. This was American democracy in the 18th century. Almost 90 years later, the 15th amendment officially removed “race, color or history of servitude” as a […]
In an effort to curb its plummeting honeybee population, Maryland is about to become the first state in the nation to pass strict restrictions on neonicotinoids for consumer use. ICYMI: #Pollinator Protection Act passed the Senate 32-14! Next up, House of Delegates! #BeeSafe #MDGA16 pic.twitter.com/6SKocH70yr — Smart on Pesticides (@PesticidesSmart) March 10, 2016 Neonicotinoids are a potent class […]
Global investment in renewable energy was more than twice that of coal and gas last year, according to a new report, despite plummeting fossil fuel prices. A wind farm in Washington state. Photo credit: Daniel Parks / flickr Renewable energy investment totaled a record $286 billion, with China, India, Brazil and other developing countries accounting for $156 billion in […]
By Margie Alt and Cindy Shogan Today marks the anniversary of the Exxon Valdez catastrophe—the 11-million-gallon oil spill in Alaska’s Prince William Sound that remains one of the largest human-caused environmental disasters in U.S. history. Photo credit: Alaska Resources Library and Information Services / www.arlis.org Twenty-seven years later, in some ways, not much has changed. […]
It’s all around us—in our houses, walls, plumbing pipes, bottles and cans, rugs, dental fillings, eyeglass lenses, phones, cars, garden mulch and much more. We are talking, of course, about plastic. PET is commonly used in commercially sold water bottles, soft drink bottles, sports drink bottles and condiment bottles. Aside from the devastating impact on […]
Dr. James Hansen, the former NASA scientist who is widely credited with being one of the first to raise concerns about human-caused global warming, is a co-author of a new report predicting that the world will undergo devastating sea level rise within mere decades—not centuries, as previously thought. Taking into consideration “rapid, large, human-made climate […]
By Stacy Malkan The world’s wealthiest man really wants Africa to embrace genetically engineered foods or GMOs. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal’s Rebecca Blumenstein, Bill Gates explained his views about the controversial food technology: “What are called GMOs are done by changing the genes of the plant, and it’s done in a […]
Each and every one of Earth’s creatures are precious. Even those that are covered in scales, have eight legs or are as small as a thumbnail. We saw the world’s uproar in 2015 when Cecil the Lion was killed illegally by a trophy hunter. But it does not matter whether majestic and beloved or forgotten […]
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