Tag: Plants
As many forests fail to recover from wildfires, replanting efforts face huge odds — and obstacles
BELLVUE, Colo. -- Camille Stevens-Rumann crouched in the dirt and leaned over evergreen seedlings, measuring how much each had grown in seven months."That's...
US company accuses Mexico of expropriating its property on the Caribbean coast
MEXICO CITY -- An American quarry company said Tuesday the Mexican government carried out a de facto expropriation of its properties on Mexico’s...
Brazil drought punishes coffee farms and threatens to push prices even higher
CACONDE, Brazil -- Silvio Almeida’s coffee plantation sits at an ideal altitude on a Brazilian hillside, whose clay-rich soil does well at retaining...
US agency review says Nevada lithium mine can co-exist with endangered flower
RENO, Nev. -- U.S. land managers said Thursday they've completed a final environmental review of a proposed Nevada lithium mine that would supply...
Complex supply chains and climate change make "clean beauty" near impossible, but some keep trying
EAST GARAFRAXA, Ontario -- Julie Thurgood-Burnett had no idea that her COVID-19 lockdown whim of starting a lavender patch on her husband's family...
Brazil to allow miles of selective logging in effort to preserve the Amazon
BRASILIA, Brazil -- To combat ongoing destruction in the Amazon rainforest, Brazil announced a plan Tuesday to dramatically expand selective logging to an...