Grim winter looms as wartime Ukraine braces for infrastructure attacks
Kharkiv, Ukraine Reuters In an abandoned tower block damaged by Russian shelling in Ukraine’s second city, Olga Kobzar plans to tough out winter for as long as she can without electricity, water and central heating by lighting the gas stove in her kitchen for warmth. The 70-year-old, who lives alone in a devastated district of […]
Wow!: US cities swap dead trees for new in circular economy for forests
CAREY L BIRON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how US cities are working to mitigate the loss of urban trees…
Plant trees in refugee camps to stop forest loss and conflict, UN says
Thomson Reuters Foundation With a record 69 million people driven from their homes by war and persecution, the United Nations this week urged countries hosting large numbers of refugees to plant more trees as deforestation risks denuding landscapes and triggering conflict. Four out of five people who flee their homes rely on firewood for cooking […]