[facebook https://www.facebook.com/EcoWatch/videos/345706262651120/ expand=1] Bulldozers are expected to arrive at the National Butterfly Center in February or early March. A planned 5.5 mile section of concrete and steel border wall that is already funded will cut straight through the most diverse butterfly sanctuary in the U.S. Marianna Wright, executive director of the National Butterfly Center believes […]
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the 2018 Nobel Prize in Economics to a duo for their work on how the world can achieve sustainable growth. The prize was divided equally to William D. Nordhaus of Yale University and to Paul M. Romer of New York University’s Stern School of Business, both Americans, who […]
The same red tide choking Florida’s Gulf coast has spread to waters off Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties, forcing the closure of many popular beaches on Thursday and leaving hundreds of dead fish in its wake, according to local reports. This is the first time in decades the toxic algae has affected both of Florida’s […]
Indonesia’s devastating earthquake-tsunami combo last week has left 70,000 people homeless in the city of Palu, CBS News reported Thursday. The death toll has climbed to more than 1,420 people since Friday, when the 7.5 magnitude earthquake and the 18-foot tsunami it triggered struck the island of Sulawesi. Amid the widespread ruin, survivors are struggling […]
An injured wild turtle is rolling through recovery at the Maryland Zoo with the aid of a LEGO wheelchair. The grapefruit-sized, approximately 18-year-old eastern box turtle was found by a zoo employee at Druid Hill Park in July. The reptile had multiple fractures on the bottom part of his shell and was taken to the […]
During a recent interview in Norway, former president Barack Obama answered an interesting question: What would you do if you had one more day as president? In response, Obama said there was “a lot of unfinished business” when he left office, but if he had more time, he would urge a higher global focus on […]
With the U.S. midterm elections just six weeks away, the Sierra Club launched a campaign Tuesday to boot ten leading “Fossil Fools” from office and replace them with more environmentally friendly alternatives. The “Fossil Fools 2018” campaign, spearheaded by the group’s Political Committee, targets Congressional Republicans running for reelection in November who have consistently voted […]
Arachnophobes beware. A shoreline by the Greek town of Aitoliko has been swamped by a mass of mating spiders and 1,000 feet of their cobwebs. Earlier this week, a local named Giannis Giannakopoulos uploaded a YouTube video and posted several pictures of the spectacle on his Facebook page, showing shrubs, palm fronds and other greenery […]
The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) internal watchdog organization announced plans to leave for a job outside the federal government Tuesday, The Associated Press reported. Arthur A. Elkins Jr., who has held the position of Inspector General since he was appointed by former president Barack Obama in 2010, will spend his last […]
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