Everybody these days knows at least something about ozone. It’s that gas that helps protect the planet from solar radiation. There’s a hole in it somewhere, and it keeps getting bigger blah blah blah. What a lot of people don’t…

[New Jersey] Senesco Technologies, Inc. (“Senesco” or the “Company”) (AMEX:SNT) and ArborGen, LLC, the Company’s forestry product co-development partner, announced ArborGen’s decision to exercise its option to license Senesco’s technology. ArborGen’s decision is based on positive results from the first…

Ecosystems containing many different plant species are not only more productive, they are better able to withstand and recover from climate extremes, pests and disease over long periods, according to a new study. It is the first experiment to gather…

[California] Poplar trees and switch grass are on track to become important weapons in national security defense, and a Walnut Creek lab is speeding them on their way. The Joint Genome Institute, best known for the Human Genome Project, is…

[Georgia] The drought in Georgia has added to concerns about the state’s forests. Firefighters with the Georgia Forestry Commission have tried to control a blaze in the north Georgia mountains since Sunday. The Forestry Commission uses a drought index on…

[Missouri] The environmental and religious activists claim Victoria’s Secrets prints 395 million catalogs a year. They want the company to stop using paper that comes from endangered forests. The protesters say Victoria’s Secret mails out more than a million catalogs…

[Oregon] A vote within Oregon State University’s College of Forestry revealed strong support for Dean Hal Salwasser, who became embroiled in a high-profile dust-up that mixed questions about academic freedom with the wisdom of logging public lands after forest fires.…

CNBC has an online poll on lifting the drilling moratorium for USA coastline. I just voted and opponents are way behind. Please vote and pass it on. It takes 10 seconds. The deadline is 6/24. Click here to vote

They’re at it again in Washington, finding new and better ways to take money from taxpayers (and increasing the federal deficit) to get more money in the hands of hugely wealthy coal and energy companies. According to WYMT out of…

Weyerhaeuser told to pay $78.8 million The U.S. Supreme Court, heeding calls from business groups and the Bush administration, agreed to review a $78.8 million antitrust award against Weyerhaeuser Co. for driving a competing lumber producer out of business. Weyerhaeuser,…