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Forests

A fallen tree breaks through a wooden privacy fence. | Mrivserg | Dreamstime.com

Nature

Brickbat: Timber!

Charles Oliver | 2.8.2024 4:00 AM

On July 2, Kenya's president ended an almost six-year moratorium on logging in the country's public and community forests.  | Photo 157661485 © Nikolay Antonov | Dreamstime.com

Conservation

Kenya Lifts Logging Ban, Promising Jobs and Growth

The 2018 ban led to the loss of approximately 44,000 jobs and $28 million in revenue.

William Rampe | 7.10.2023 1:15 PM

A photo of Manhattan from across the river with the orange haze caused by the Canadian wildfires | Jashim Salam/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Wildfires

Controlled Burns Can Prevent Smoky Skies. Why Won't the Federal Government Approve Them?

As long as government policies continue to fan the flames of extreme wildfires, we’ll suffer the consequences.

Tate Watkins | 6.13.2023 4:15 PM

Wind energy turbines are seen at sunrise | Photo 53582516 © Bryan Roschetzky | Dreamstime.com

Energy & Environment

Democrats Say They Support Green Energy. Why Do Their Policies Say Otherwise?

If you look closely, you'll find a lot of contradictions.

Veronique de Rugy | 2.2.2023 4:45 PM

John Stossel is seen in front of a red sky and a city skyline | Stossel TV

Panic

No, the World Is Not Heading Toward 'Mass Extinction'

Despite an apocalyptic media narrative, the modern era has brought much longer lives and the greatest decline in poverty ever.

John Stossel | 1.25.2023 12:30 AM

Image for genetically altered chestnut | Illustration: Lex Villena; Angel Luis Simon Martin

Genetic Engineering

Can Genetic Engineering Save the American Chestnut?

“I think the Chestnut is an example of an interventionist approach,” says scientist Jared Westbrook. “We might have some capabilities and responsibilities to correct some of the problems that we created.”

Meredith Bragg | 12.13.2022 11:00 AM

Fireman spraying brush while fire burns in the background. | Will Lester/ZUMA Press/Newscom

Wildfires

Red Tape Fuels Wildfires Scorching America's Forests

We need to clearcut the government regulations hampering efforts to effectively battle wildfires.

J.D. Tuccille | 7.8.2022 7:00 AM

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Climate Change

A Simple Step To Reduce Climate Change: More Trees

Planting trees as a partial solution to climate change has broad bipartisan appeal.

Ronald Bailey | 11.12.2021 11:45 AM

chestnutdreamstime | Nikolai Kurzenko | Dreamstime.com

Biotechnology

Sierra Club Inches Toward Accepting Genetically Modified Chestnut Trees

Let's restore this giant to America's forests.

Ronald Bailey | 3.11.2021 5:05 PM

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Science

Humanity and Wild Nature Will Likely Both Be Flourishing in 2100

Human ingenuity is enabling us to get ever more goods and services from fewer and fewer resources.

Ronald Bailey | 12.22.2020 6:00 AM

AmericanChestnutDreamstime | Nikolai Kurzenko | Dreamstime.com

Biotechnology

The USDA Should Let People Plant Blight-Resistant American Chestnut Trees

Anti-biotech activists cite the precautionary principle to maintain chestnut tree-free forests.

Ronald Bailey | 10.13.2020 11:40 AM

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Wildfires

Bad Policies Fuel Fires

California burns due to its unwillingness to thin out forests.

John Stossel | 9.23.2020 12:30 AM

Forests

Federal Regulations Have Made Western Wildfires Worse

Controlled, prescribed burns can stop wildfires from spreading. Too bad they are effectively prohibited by rules like the Clean Air Act.

Sam Rutzick | 9.14.2020 3:30 PM

ForestsUSMapStockNinjaStudio | StockNinjaStudio/Dreamstime

Climate Change

Republican Lawmakers Introduce Trillion Trees Act To Combat Climate Change

A real plan or just a "climate messaging exercise"?

Ronald Bailey | 2.13.2020 11:15 AM

Trump getting a head start on a trillion trees | Oliver Contreras/Sipa USA/Newscom

Forests

Trump's Trillion Trees Promise at the World Economic Forum

Meeting that goal would essentially restore U.S. forest area back to where it stood in 1630.

Ronald Bailey | 1.22.2020 11:20 AM

What most of the Amazon looks like | Ulf Huebner/Dreamstime

Deforestation

Don't Panic: Amazon Burning Is Mostly Farms, Not Forests

Problematic deforestation continues, but the "lungs of the earth" are still breathing.

Ronald Bailey | 8.23.2019 4:35 PM

A real green solution to climate change | Smileus/Dreamstime

Climate Change

Peak Farmland Helps Solve Climate Change

It also protects and restores imperiled biodiversity.

Ronald Bailey | 7.16.2019 5:20 PM

Giraffe_Ithala_KZN_South_Africa_Luca_Galuzzi_2004 | Wikimedia/Luca Galuzzi (Lucag)

Extinction

Leaked U.N. Report Says a Million Species Are at Risk of Extinction

Such predictions were wrong half a century ago, and this one is likely mistaken too.

Ronald Bailey | 4.26.2019 10:45 AM

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Forests

Global Tree Cover Has Expanded More Than 7 Percent Since 1982

Satellite data finds that gains temperate and boreal forests offset reductions in tropical forests.

Ronald Bailey | 9.4.2018 1:00 PM

Large image on homepages | Chris Rusanowsky/ZUMA Press/Newscom

California

Authorities Were Warned About the Suspected California Arsonist for 3 Years

"Why the hell didn't they respond? I reported this over and over again."

Zuri Davis | 8.10.2018 11:45 AM

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Overpopulation

High School Students Are Very Worried About Overpopulation. They Shouldn't Be.

New report claims U.S. overpopulation will blight their futures.

Ronald Bailey | 1.18.2018 2:01 PM

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Forests

Earth's Forest Area 9 Percent Greater Than Thought

Satellite survey finds hidden forests all over the world.

Ronald Bailey | 5.12.2017 12:40 PM

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Biodiversity

Predictions of the Death of Wilderness May Be a Bit Premature

Most people are moving to cities and peak farmland is in the offing

Ronald Bailey | 9.9.2016 4:10 PM

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Electric cars

Obama Falls 600,000 Electric Cars Short, Science Advances by Funerals, and Record Wildfires?

A scitech research and policy round up for January 7, 2016

Ronald Bailey | 1.7.2016 12:53 PM

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Deforestation

Global Deforestation Rate Has Fallen by Half Says New Report

And there are far more trees than researchers previously thought - more than 3 trillion

Ronald Bailey | 9.9.2015 2:03 PM

Biotechnology

Neoluddites Launch Campaign Against Biotech Trees

Ronald Bailey | 8.20.2014 12:16 PM

Science & Technology

Predictions of a Man-Made Sixth Mass Extinction May Be Exaggerated

Urbanization, forest, and agricultural trends point in a more hopeful direction

Ronald Bailey | 8.1.2014 1:30 PM

Extinction

Ronald Bailey Argues that Predictions of a Sixth Mass Extinction Will Likely Prove Wrong

Reason Staff | 8.1.2014 1:30 PM

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