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NEWS ABOUT: redwoods

redwoods stories: 4 news summaries

(Newser) - The California government is preparing to enter into the "forest bank" business in a bid to save woodlands and battle carbon pollution and climate change, reports the Los Angeles Times. The state is expected to roll out a California "cabon market" that may be expanded elsewhere in... More »

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California • pollution • carbon footprint • carbon offsets • carbon • air pollution • logging • timber • carbon emissions • redwoods

 UCSC Tree-Sitters 
 Hold Their Perches 

Protesters refuse to budge, despite truce with UC Berkeley

Sep 11, 08 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - UC Berkeley’s tree-sitters may have surrendered their perches earlier this week, but demonstrators at UC Santa Cruz are not ready to give up their redwood-saving fight. The activists, nearing the 1-year anniversary of their protest, suspect the university will cut down trees before classes begin in two weeks, but... More »

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UC Berkeley • college • UC Santa Cruz • protesters • tree-sitters • redwoods • environmentalists

 Berkeley
 Tree-Sitters
 Finally
 Climb Down 

Last protesters climb down as university erects scaffold around redwood

Sep 9, 08 5:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - The last four tree-sitters climbed down from their perches at UC Berkeley today, ending a 2-year vigil to protest the university's plans to cut down a grove of trees and build a sports facility, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The university will build the facility, but it agreed to set... More »

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environment • protests • Berkeley • tree-sitters • redwoods

 Fires Threaten Big Sur 

California smokeaters stretched thin with 700 blazes

Jun 27, 08 5:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Firefighters rushed to guard historic buildings in the scenic coastal town of Big Sur yesterday as a lightning-sparked wildfire blazed through a national forest in California, AP reports. The fire, only 3% contained, has burned 42 square miles of redwoods and destroyed 16 homes since Saturday. With 700 fires blazing... More »

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wildfires • California wildfires • Los Padres National Forest • Big Sur • redwoods

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