Natural Resources Defense Council

The Mass Murder of America’s Trees Must Stop

The bottom of the tree trunk, where it flares out to join the roots, is the “root collar.” While the roots must of course be buried, the root collar has a different cellular structure that, when buried, can readily rot or get invaded by boring insects.

By David Schoenbrod

Mark Ruffalo Attends Tension-Filled Hydrofracking Forum on UWS

Last night, actor Mark Ruffalo was on hand at an Upper West Side public forum to voice his opposition to the

By Anna Sanders

Selling the Bloomberg 2030 Plan

National environmental leaders will take out ad space in the New York Times, and Times Union tomorrow to publish their

By Azi Paybarah

It’s Easy Being Green: Just Ask Kravis!

By Nicholas von Hoffman

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