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    5 Ways China Is Becoming the Global Leader on Climate Change

    5 Ways China Is Becoming the Global Leader on Climate Change

    By Bridgette Burkholder Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief Scott Pruitt called the Paris agreement a “bad deal.” He claimed China has made no significant efforts to curb carbon pollution, while the U.S. has sacrificed jobs to meet the terms of the pact. [facebook https://www.facebook.com/EcoWatch/videos/1390416024351350/ expand=1] The facts don’t support Pruitt’s claim. […]

    From Steel City to Sun City: Colorado Town Turns to Clean Energy

    From Steel City to Sun City: Colorado Town Turns to Clean Energy

    By Laura A. Shepard Working-class homeowners in Pueblo, Colorado have struggled to keep up with their sky-high electric bills. Locals said rampant shutoffs have plunged entire city blocks into darkness and sent power-starved families to motels and homeless shelters. Senior citizens have given up television and unscrewed refrigerator lights in an attempt to save money. […]

    New Technology Uses Food Waste to Make Tires

    New Technology Uses Food Waste to Make Tires

    By Marlene Cimons Some day you may discover tomato peels and eggshells where the rubber meets the road. The environment—not to mention your tires—will be better for it. Researchers at Ohio State University have discovered that food waste, specifically tomato peels and eggshells, makes excellent filler for rubber tires, with tests showing they exceed industrial […]

    These 76 Women Scientists Are Changing the World

    These 76 Women Scientists Are Changing the World

    By Molly Taft Heidi Steltzer’s job, as she put it, is “hiking where no one else will go.” As a mountain and polar ecologist studying rare plants, she’s accustomed to traveling to breathtaking Arctic vistas to chase flora along mountain ridges. But watching glaciers calve on her first trip to Antarctica last December was a […]

    California Generates Enough Solar Power to Meet Half Its Energy Needs

    California Generates Enough Solar Power to Meet Half Its Energy Needs

    By Jeremy Deaton California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) took a shot at Sec. of Energy Rick Perry, former Republican governor of Texas. Remarking on Perry’s view of Texas as an energy powerhouse, Brown said, “We’ve got more sun than you’ve got oil.” Recent data shows California coming through. The state briefly generated enough solar power […]

    Wind Pays More Than Oil in Lone Star State

    Wind Pays More Than Oil in Lone Star State

    By Steve Hargreaves and Courtney St. John Two stories this week—both from Texas—illustrate the precarious nature of fossil fuel jobs and the economic power of renewable energy. The first, published in the New York Times, shows how oil production is making a comeback in West Texas, but many of its jobs are not. Like manufacturing […]

    Is Climate Change to Blame for February’s Record-Breaking Heat?

    Is Climate Change to Blame for February’s Record-Breaking Heat?

    By Jeremy Deaton Meteorologists saw dozens of heat records broken this week, as an extended stretch of uncommonly warm weather continues across much of the U.S. WOW! 736 Record Highs Set This Week https://t.co/p0Cd8xyL3V @ClimateReality @climatehawk1 @algore @MichaelEMann @SierraClub @greenpeaceusa — EcoWatch (@EcoWatch) February 24, 2017 Also this week, Scott Pruitt took the helm at […]

    Can Kite Power Revolutionize the Wind Industry?

    Can Kite Power Revolutionize the Wind Industry?

    By Owen Agnew Rod Read, an engineer and stay-at-home dad, lives on the remote Isle of Lewis in Scotland. For the past seven years, he’s been designing a kite that he thinks could revolutionize wind power. His prototype, a series of spinning rainbow-colored rings, stands out against the gray Scottish sky. On a good day, […]