Paris Plans to Replace 60,000 Parking Spots With Trees by 2030
Before and after depiction of proposed redevelopment of Paris’s Rue Duranti. City of Paris Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a…
Switzerland to Add More Solar Power to Rooftops and Highway Noise Barriers
Switzerland plans to add more solar panels on highway noise barriers, like these on the motorway in the municipality of Zumikon. Urs Jaudas Why you can trust us Founded in…
Half the World’s Countries Are Transitioning Away From Fossil Fuel Energy Emissions: Report
A solar farm, the RWE Weisweiler coal-fired power plant, and wind turbines in North Rhine-Westphalia, Eschweiler, Germany on March 21, 2024. Oliver Berg / picture alliance via Getty Images Why…
As COP29 Winds Down, Poorer Nations Reject Wealthy Countries’ Offer of $250B to Assist With Climate Crisis They Created
Activists demonstrate for climate finance for the global south on day ten of COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan on Nov. 21, 2024. Sean Gallup / Getty Images Why you can trust…
U.S. Proposes Listing Giraffes Under the Endangered Species Act for the First Time
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COP29 Climate Summit Ends With $300B Pledge That UN Chief Calls ‘Base to Build on’
Party delegates including Wopke Hoekstra (C-R, standing), European commissioner for climate action, applaud in the early hours during the second part of the closing plenary at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan…
California Gov. Newsom Promises to Make EV Rebates Available if Trump Ends Fed Tax Credits
California Gov. Gavin Newsom in the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 13, 2024. Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as…
UN’s Top Court Begins Hearings on Landmark Climate Case
Ralph Regenvanu (L), Vanuatu’s special envoy on climate change and the environment, Arnold Kiel Loughman (C), attorney General of Vanuatu and Ilan Kiloe, legal advisor to the Melanesian Vanguard Group…
Wolves Will No Longer Be ‘Strictly Protected’ in Europe
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Activists and Vulnerable Nations Condemn U.S. Arguments Against Climate Obligations at ICJ Hearing
Testimony from the United States during the ongoing International Court of Justice (ICJ) hearing on Wednesday evoked anger from climate activists and vulnerable nations, as the planet’s second-largest greenhouse gas…