Tag: trees
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COUNCILLOR’S CONUNDRUM OVER TREE REMOVAL FOR TAREE ROADS PROJECT
A MidCoast councillor is coming under fire over the removal of trees for a road upgrade in Taree. Councillor Dheera Smith says the project was necessary to improve safety… but that her values as a member of the Greens have been called into question.
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TREES TO BE TRIMMED AT WARNERVALE AIRPORT
Trees will be trimmed at Warnervale Airport in a bid to improve runway safety. Council had put the work on the backburner as it figured out how to balance environmental laws with the lopping work. Heights will only be reduced at the northern end of the facility and not at sensitive wetlands nearby. (VISION ONLY.)
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ECOSIA PARTNER WITH REFOREST NOW TO BEGIN FIRST PROJECT IN AUSTRALIA
An ethical search engine, which uses advertising revenues to plant trees.. Has arrived in the Byron Shire. The project set to regenerate forests, which have been flattened by recent bushfires.
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CENTRAL COAST LOOKS TO GET GREENER
A new plan is in the works to green up the Central Coast. Council’s looking to plant more trees and shrubs in the suburbs, part of a broader effort to reduce carbon emissions.