Afternoon Dispatch and Courier – Since the monsoon actually began, the city has had to bid adieu to some of its beloved green cover. Moreover, The Tree Authority seems to be more in favour of the anti-tree authority that is at work clandestinely and is somehow more vociferous with Read more

Anchorage Daily News – Cook Inlet Bonsai Study Group , 1 p.m. first Sunday of each month in Eagle River. The group is currently looking for a permanent meeting location. ( www. alaskabonsaiclubs.org ; 278-5926) Alaska Native Plant Society , 7:30 p.m. first Monday of each Read more

Allentown Morning Call – Or a bonsai clump over a seeping pool of cobalt glass. Or stony, singed wings stuck with porcupine quills to become a miniature Viking ship or a regular-sized Viking funeral urn. ”Cracking the Surface,” paintings by John Sherman and ceramic Read more

Seattle Times – The lawns of the well-to-do and the imported trees lining new streets emanated pollens. Bermuda grass, thought of as attractive, “was the first of the most potent allergens to be introduced into the desert landscape.” Mulberry trees planted to spruce Read more

CNBC – The program, called Go Zero, is designed to allow customers to effectively “zero out” or offset the carbon emissions generated by their flight, hotel, or car usage through a donation to The Conservation Fund, which then plants trees that absorb Read more

Hendon & Finchley Times – We were surprised to read Councillor Offord’s comments in your paper last week, about his support for the volunteer tree warden scheme. The Tories cut the funding to that very scheme when they returned to power in 2002 (it had been introduced under Read more