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Strong demand for cleanup crews in North Carolina

by Andy Uhler
Oct 18, 2018
After recent storms, residents are still struggling to get back to normal amid mountains of debris.
“This is heart wrenching, you know?” says Randy Campbell, who with his crew clears debris after disasters. “We just come in and help clean it up and make some money doing it.”
Andy Uhler/Marketplace
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Strong demand for cleanup crews in North Carolina

by Andy Uhler
Oct 18, 2018
After recent storms, residents are still struggling to get back to normal amid mountains of debris.
“This is heart wrenching, you know?” says Randy Campbell, who with his crew clears debris after disasters. “We just come in and help clean it up and make some money doing it.”
Andy Uhler/Marketplace
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Inside New York City's 24-hour Christmas tree stands

by Ryan Kailath
Dec 22, 2017
A few days before Christmas, our reporter sets out to find a tree for the office.
Danny Abbott hangs lights for the night crew at Soho Trees in New York City.
Ryan Kailath/Marketplace
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In Nebraska, historic shelterbelts are making way for more crops

by Kai Ryssdal and Shaheen Ainpour
Nov 28, 2017
The strips of trees once protected farmers from Dust Bowl storms. Reporter Carson Vaughan wrote about them.
A view of the plains in Sidney, Nebraska.
Spencer Platt/Getty Images
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Savannah woodworkers find new uses for trees downed by Hurricane Matthew

by Marketplace Contributor
Jan 5, 2017
Locals are trying to save some of Savannah's beautiful old trees from the woodchipper
Hurricane Matthew uprooted or damaged many trees in Coastal Georgia, including some in Savannah's famous historic squares.
Emily Jones
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Preparing for El Niño's storms in Los Angeles

by Andy Uhler
Dec 28, 2015
Southern Californians are worrying about flooding, mudslides and their trees
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Here's a plan: plant trees, mine coal

by Scott Tong
Oct 7, 2015
As coal mines in the U.S. close, an entrepreneur has a plan to pair mines with carbon sinks.
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Putting a dollar value on that tree in your yard

by David Weinberg
Apr 26, 2013
Yes, it's Arbor Day again. Don't hug a tree, plant one. Or, calculate the value of what a tree is doing for the environment.
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British ash trees threatened by fungus from Denmark

by Stephen Beard
Dec 4, 2012
The disease could wipe out a third of Britain's forest, and landowners and tree growers could lose tens of millions.
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A new way to measure income inequality

by Jeff Horwich
Sep 20, 2012
Environmental writer Tim De Chant says gauging income inequality is as simple as looking at a neighborhood's trees.
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