The Pine Tree Wind Farm and Solar Power Plant in the Tehachapi Mountains north of Los Angeles do both. Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Nuclear and coal are predictable and run ...

If you think of New Jersey as highways and crowded beaches, prepare to be astonished. Tucked away in the heart of the state is a vast, mysterious wilderness that feels worlds apart from city life—the ...

We asked six horticultural experts to debate and ultimately choose the places that’ve changed the way we look at — and think ...

Natural gas- and coal-fired plants face federal emissions standards that don’t apply to solar and wind farms ... and a current economy fueled by pine trees and natural gas.

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For sheer "flower power," few landscape shrubs can match the colorful elegance of rhododendrons. Available in a wide array of ...

New jobs as Japan develops wind power Like ... to have a tree in their front yard to reduce the urban heat island effect in a warming climate, and taxing those who don't plant a tree.

Participants at last week’s annual Michigan Society of American Foresters conference in Bellaire discussed how bark and wood-boring beetles can be expected as the next environmental and economic ...

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If you're thinking of adding a street tree out front, Penn State urban forester Vincent Cotrone has some recommendations.

In Louisiana — a state currently growing 70% more trees than it harvests — foresters see the new wood pellet industry as a ...