Topic: Trees

Five Best Green Stories

Climate Change Puts Panda Population at Risk; Why Trees Fall

Associated Press

Discovery News on pandas, Grist on for-profit local food, Scientific American on falling trees, Politico on how climate change threatens national security, The Guardian on sea ice. 

By John Hudson

Apr 27, 2012

Five Best Green Stories

Killer Whales Fall Prey to Mosquitos; An Environmentalist Dies for His Cause

TreeHugger on dying killer whales, The Associated Press on an eco-martyr, The Los Angeles Times on a polluting  theme park, Fair Warning on tree poisoning and The Arizona Capitol Times on a scary new law.


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By Adam Martin

Apr 12, 2012

Five Best Green Stories

How Wastewater May Cause Earthquakes; Why Trees Are Awesome

NPR on wastewater and earthquakes, The Guardian on birds and windmills, Good on agribusiness, The New York Times on trees, and Courthouse News on tiger salamanders.

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By Elspeth Reeve

Feb 17, 2012

Romney Once Punched a Tree

No wonder Mitt Romney seemed like a data-driven robot when he praised Michigan for its trees Thursday -- "love this state. It seems right here. Trees are the right height." He didn't always feel that way.

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By Adam Martin

Jul 22, 2011

The Unhappy Arborist's Guide to U.S. Tree Deaths

Nearly every part of the country is suffering some kind of tree die-out

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By Ray Gustini

Jul 7, 2011

The Secret War on the White House's Trees

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is a hotspot of arboreal peril

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