Tornado rips through NJ, taking down trees and flipping half-dozen cars
Severe thunderstorms pounded the state with heavy rain and winds on Friday afternoon, and a tornado struck Mercer County, New Jersey. The tornado, with winds reaching up to 80 mph, touched down near a Conoco gas station in Lawrence Township, Fox Weather meteorologist Cody Blood said. The tornado was brief, traveling just under 229 yards […]
California clean energy project threatens thousands of Joshua trees: reports
A California-based renewable energy company is reportedly planning to cut down thousands of protected Joshua trees in the Mojave Desert to make way for a solar project that will power about 180,000 homes in coastal areas instead of the affected areas. The Los Angeles Times reported that Avantas plans to build the Alatina solar project […]
NYC startup Gravity plots network of curbside car-charging ‘trees’
A New York-based electric vehicle startup wants to plant a network of super-efficient roadside “trees” along the city’s busiest roads that can charge car batteries in just five minutes. Google-backed Gravity developed the fast-charging technology already in use at its flagship station in the West 42nd Street parking garage. Now Gravity CEO Moshe Cohen is […]
REPORT: Man Goes To Trim Some Trees, Dies
A tree trimmer in Atlanta, Georgia, died Monday after being electrocuted while cutting down trees, police said. When officers arrived at the scene, they found a tree service company employee had been electrocuted, the Acworth Police Department said on Facebook. Police confirmed he is deceased. “He had taken his chainsaw, and that’s what caught the […]
Howler monkeys dropping dead, falling from trees due to excessive heatwave: report
Mexico’s extreme heat wave is not only impacting the environment, it’s also taking a toll on howler monkeys, causing them to die from falling from trees, the Associated Press reported. “They were falling from the tree like apples. They were severely dehydrated and died within minutes,” wildlife biologist Gilberto Pozo told The Associated Press. explained. […]
Arizona rancher says he stared down barrel of AK-47 when he fired warning shots ‘over the trees’
Arizona rancher George Alan Kelly said the day he was arrested on suspicion of murder, men came toward his home with AK-47s aimed at him. “He turned to me…pointed the AK at me. And at that moment, everyone says it was the stupidest thing I ever did, but he shot you.” They said you should […]
Gulf Cartel Begins Taxing Border Citizens for Right to Own Trees
The Gulf Cartel has imposed taxes on homeowners in the Mexican border city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, for their right to plant trees on their property. This government-protected criminal organization has a long history of being able to operate with complete impunity in the city. This month, gunmen from the Matamoros faction of the Gulf Cartel, […]
Abubakar Tahiru breaks Guinness World Record for most trees hugged in an hour
It was an impossible feat. An environmentalist took his arboreal love to the next level by hugging 1,123 trees in just one hour. Abubakar Tahir, 29, broke through Alabama’s Tuskegee National Forest and set a Guinness World Record for the most trees hugged in 60 minutes, the records organization announced Friday. Abubakar Tahir broke the […]
Conn. Gov. Ned Lamont had thousands of trees, bushes ‘illegally’ cut behind $7.5M home
Hypocrisy is the root of the problem. Despite publicly supporting a statewide effort to increase conifer plantations, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont says thousands of trees and shrubs have been illegally cut down behind his sprawling Greenwich home. angry neighbors and other sources said. A wealthy 70-year-old Democratic congressman was sentenced on charges that he cut […]
Japan to give US 250 new cherry trees to replace ones in D.C. construction
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced Wednesday during a visit to the White House that Japan will gift the United States with 250 new cherry trees to replace those cut down during the construction of Washington’s Tidal Basin. The city’s now-iconic cherry blossoms bloom along the Tidal Basin in front of the Jefferson Memorial and the […]