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Trees
June 15, 2023
Stephen Lezak
Climate Fraud on America’s Last Frontier
The Alaskan government’s new plan is supposed to protect forests and help fix climate change. It does neither.
December 20, 2021
Marion Renault
The Strange Quest to Save North America’s Most Elusive Oak Tree
How one 90-year ecological mystery reveals the complexities of conservation—and the problems with the “endangered species” approach.
October 20, 2021
Eleanor Cummins
Should a Tree Be Able to Sue the State?
What do suburban neighborhood spats, climate activism, and Indigenous traditions have in common? They’re all feeding into a growing movement to grant trees legal rights.
April 26, 2021
Ellie Shechet
The Diseased Rhododendrons That Triggered a Federal Plant Hunt
These garden shrubs, among others, have been known to spread Sudden Oak Death. The government is ill prepared to prevent an outbreak.
July 31, 2020
Troy Vettese
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Nicholas Carter
An Inconvenient Lesson From the Pandemic: We Have to Stop Eating Meat
The Covid-19 emissions paradox reveals the adjustments we have to make to fight climate change.
May 30, 2018
Jo Livingstone
Shaking the Tree
The memoir of a professional tree-climber reveals the agony and the ecstasy of life at the top of the world.
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