July 30, 2019
Stories tagged "trees"
July 23, 2019
We Need Trees to Stay Cool But We Keep Losing Them
We wrote last week that trees and forests have an important role to play in fighting climate change and their importance was only underscored by the recent heatwave that much of the east coast experienced. Tree cover can cool cities by as much as 10°F but in the...July 12, 2019
Interview of the Week: Jim Richards, CEO Milkadamia
Jim Richards is the CEO of Milkadamia, the maker of plant-based, vegan macadamia milk and products produced through regenerative farming techniques. ODP: What are the barriers that prevent regenerative farming from being used more widely? JR: The interest in...April 17, 2019
One Prize Winning Thing: The Overstory by Richard Powers
The Overstory by Richard Powers won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction on Monday. As its name suggests, it is an “epic” tale of the rich life and tragic death of trees. According to The Washington Post, the novel’s win “marks a new high point in...February 19, 2019
Fighting climate change with trees
Many nations around the world (and multilateral organizations as well) have committed to planting millions of trees to help combat climate change. It makes sense, trees naturally sequester carbon and are still the best “technology” available to suck carbon...January 17, 2019
Trump Quietly Orders More Logging On Federal Lands
President Trump issued an Executive Order late last year directing the Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior to increase logging on lands under their agencies’ control by 31% above levels of timber harvest in 2017. The Washington Post reported that the...January 14, 2019
Bioengineering may save America’s forests
Scientific American recently reported that U.S. forests are among the most vulnerable in the world to predators and disease, according to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. The report also explained that biotechnology has...January 6, 2019
Brazil’s Amazon Protected Areas Now At Risk
Brazil’s new President, Jair Bolsonaro, who is ultra-conservative and ran on a promise of deregulation similar to President Trump’s, has moved the administration of Brazil’s extensive protected areas in the Amazon from the Ministry of Indigenous...June 5, 2018
Our Daily Planet: Initial Arctic Refuge Drilling Exploration Plan Rejected, Pilot Whale in Thailand Perishes From Plastic, Indy Hugs Its Trees, Climate Change Won’t Heat Earth Equally, Black Lung Fund In Jeopardy, The Dunes of Pluto
Our Daily Planet: ANWR Permits, Pilot whale ingests 17 lbs of plastic and how climate change isn't heating the planet equally Campaign URL Copy Facebook 0 likes Twitter 0 tweets Google +1 Subscribe Past Issues RSS Translate English العربية Afrikaans беларуская...May 17, 2018