The Douglas fir, a common species used for Christmas trees, can grow hundreds of feet tall and live for over 1,000 years
Douglas fir, also known as Douglas tree, Oregon pine, and Douglas spruce, can grow hundreds of feet tall and the oldest species can live more than 1,000 years. Douglas fir is the state tree of Oregon. The species is found from western British Columbia to central California, according to Portland.gov. There is a time for […]
‘There Were Bodies In Trees’: Rural South Decimated By Hurricane Helene As Death Toll Rises Above 130
Hurricane Helen has continued to wreak havoc and claim lives in the Southeast since making landfall Thursday night, with a total of 132 people dead and nearly 600 missing as of Monday. The devastating aftermath, which was fully revealed on Monday, left a scene of complete devastation, with houses shattered, cargo containers crushed and highways […]
California desert towns protest cutting down ancient trees for solar energy project: ‘Irreplaceable’
A project to install solar panels around the Mojave Desert has begun cutting down thousands of Joshua trees, despite widespread complaints from residents. Los Angeles Times Several residents of Boron and Desert Lake are reportedly beginning to notice the benefits of the Alatina Solar Project, a government-approved scheme to produce clean energy through solar panels […]
Wealthy Maine couple accused of killing trees to secure ocean view, poisoning community’s sole public beach in the process
Two Maine billionaires are sparring in court over charges that one poisoned the other’s trees to get the best ocean views and, in the process, spilled a deadly herbicide onto their small community’s only public beach. Lisa Gorman, the wife of the late L.L. Bean president Leon Gorman, claims a neighbor sprayed herbicide on her […]
Wealthy Maine couple accused of killing trees to secure ocean view, poisoning public beach in the process
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Biden administration proposes to limit cutting old-growth trees
The Biden administration has proposed new protections for old-growth forests but has stopped short of imposing an outright ban on cutting down carbon-storing plants. The Forest Service on Thursday was suggested Limit cutting of these mature trees IIt has destroyed national forests, angered some in the timber industry, but been welcomed by environmental groups. Research […]
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 […]