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Ireland Will Plant 440 Million Trees By 2040 To Combat Climate Change

Climate, Community Rights, Groundwater, News, Resources, Rights of Nature / January 9, 2023

Sonoma County residents have been waiting for 5 years for the supervisors to protect our trees from rampant destruction for vineyard growth. “Scientists have long touted the carbon-capturing abilities of trees. A study released in July found one of the most affordable ways to combat rampant greenhouse gas emissions — the prime driver of climate …

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Napa, Giving Voice to the Environment: A New Watershed Initiative

Climate, Community Rights/Rights of Nature, Groundwater, Napa County, News, Opinion / March 15, 2020

Napa says yes we can while Sonoma County supervisors kick the can down the road ……”We celebrate this initiative, which is about water security. The new initiative closes two major loopholes in the Water Quality and Tree Protection Ordinance of 2019 passed by the Board of Supervisors last April: forest removal mitigation on steep slopes already …

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Dear Supervisors, stop kicking the can down the road. We need a tree ordinance now

Climate, Community Rights/Rights of Nature, News, Opinion / February 16, 2020

“With this letter, I am wondering, as my representatives, who do you support? Do you support companies looking to exploit the landscapes, we all know as home, to generate short-term profits for private interests? Or do you support me, and my generation, as we walk forward into a world of unprecedented environmental pressure — pressure …

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Dear Supervisors: Mission of Regeneration or Irresponsible Land Management?

Climate, Community Rights, News / February 13, 2020

Update: At the supervisors retreat the tree ordinance was “kicked down the road” to 2021. “With this letter, I am wondering, as my representatives, who do you support? Do you support companies looking to exploit the landscapes, we all know as home, to generate short-term profits for private interests? Or do you support me, and …

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Sonoma County Dems issue resolution to protect trees.

Climate, Community Rights/Rights of Nature, News, Resources / November 17, 2019

California’s Redwood Trees Are Best in the World at Storing CO2…..”The County’s policies currently allow large land owners to bull doze oak woodlands without mitigation or meaningful environmental review.  Oaks are very good at sequestering carbon as are maples, firs, and many more.  From the period 2007 –  2013, approximately 950 acres of woodlands were …

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