Tag: trees
Arbor Day Foundation to plant 10 million trees to replace those...
The trees will be planted in forestlands and communities in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia.
West Coast climate activists battle the false ‘solution’ of forest biomass
Up and down the West Coast, the burgeoning biomass boom threatens to derail hard-won progress on climate, ecosystem protection and environmental justice.
Tree keepers: Where sustaining the forest is a tribal tradition
The Menominee tribe of Wisconsin has sustainably harvested its woods for nearly 170 years, providing a model for foresters worldwide. Amid climate change and other threats to the forest, the tribe continues to follow a traditional code: Let the healthy trees keep growing.
US Forest Service plan to plant more than a billion trees...
Not only that, but U.S. tree nurseries don’t have enough variety of species necessary to meet the goal.
City trees save lives, first-of-its-kind study finds
Planting trees has additional benefits for communities beyond keeping cities cool, such as reducing air pollution and boosting mental health.
Forests are crucial to combating climate change—will Biden rise to the...
Unsustainable logging by the forest products industry is driving massive carbon emissions.
Amazon Rainforest deforestation at its worst – equivalent to the size...
While the new data still represents a 72 percent drop from 2004 when implementation of combative deforestation measures were put in place, the increased rate in the past 10 years has many worried.
Pakistan’s next prime minister wants to plant 10 billion trees
What's more, Pakistan is among the six countries that will be most affected by climate change, meaning that reforestation is critical to mitigate the impacts of global warming.
One million trees pledged to ‘Trump Forest’ to offset president’s anti-climate...
Trump Forest was launched just under a year ago after POTUS announced he was pulling the U.S. from the Paris agreement.
New Zealand government to plant 100 million trees yearly
New Zealand’s youngest leader in more than 150 years plans to take the country on a more liberal path after nine years of conservative rule.
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Trump-Musk Social Security fraud hunt yields chaos, not criminals
An internal document reveals that the Trump administration’s crackdown on supposed fraud in Social Security phone claims has identified just two questionable cases out of more than 110,000—prompting bipartisan outrage and warnings of a politically motivated attack on the program.
Governor Hochul to make New York center of nuclear revival in US
Governor Kathy Hochul has also become involved in promoting nuclear power nationally.
The rise of AI warfare: How autonomous weapons and cognitive warfare are reshaping global...
The future of warfare may be decided by AI, but will humans have a role to play?
The MAGA Movement is Jonestown writ large
The reversion to primitivism bears a striking resemblance to the rise of the MAGA movement.
Adidas follows global trend to end use of kangaroo leather in all products
Adidas' announcement follows a global trend toward ethical and sustainable fashion, where Nike, Puma, New Balance, and Diadora also ended the use of kangaroo leather in its products in recent years.