A day after the California Public Utilities Commission cleared the way for Pacific Gas & Electric to secure $6 billion in debt financing for its operations – amid a chorus of boos and opposition – the nation’s largest utility filed for bankruptcy … [Continue reading]
Not so long ago, American cities were starved for trees
Many cities, in recent years, have initiated tree planting campaigns to offset carbon dioxide emissions and improve urban microclimates. In 2007, New York City launched MillionTrees NYC, a program designed to plant 1 million new trees along … [Continue reading]
Climate change: Yellowstone’s forests could be replaced by grasslands by mid-century
The fires in Yellowstone National Park began to burn in June 1988. A natural feature of the landscape, park managers expected the flames to fizzle by July, when rains historically drenched the forests and valleys of the world’s first national … [Continue reading]
Newly sworn-in, Idaho Gov. Little declares: ‘Climate change is real’
Less than two weeks after being sworn in as the 33rd governor of Idaho, Gov. Brad Little, a Republican, has broken with national party leaders on climate change, declaring unequivocally that the phenomenon is real. In an address Jan. 16 at an … [Continue reading]
Fighting fire with finance: Unique financing approach can restore ailing forests
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1d-Yh-tOic Forests provide many different services to people, most of which we don't pay for and therefore tend not to be aware of or to take them for granted. Wildfires burning in important municipal and farm … [Continue reading]
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