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Shaw Supports The Nature Conservancy’s Mission to Plant a Billion Trees Share Article Leading flooring manufacturer joins other Berkshire Hathaway companies to multiply Earth Day sustainability efforts. We’re proud to support The Nature Conservancy’s Plant a Billion Trees campaign as part of our mission to create a better future, both in our communities and across the globe.- Kellie Ballew, Vice President, Global Sustainability DALTON, Ga. (PRWEB) April 22, 2021 Shaw Industries Group, Inc. (Shaw), a subsidiary of Berkshire...

Road to 100% Renewable: T‑Mobile Is on Track to Reach Its Industry‑Leading Environmental Commitment Published 3 hours ago © Mark Conlin courtesy of The Nature Conservancy Every April 22, the world comes together to mark an international day of environmental action. Whether you celebrate Earth Day by planting trees, cleaning up polluted habitats or recycling everything from old smartphones to soda cans — together we have an opportunity to make a global impact.   As a leader in the U.S. wireless ecosystem, T-Mobile has a significant role to play in driving impactfu...

More trees do not make for a cooler planet, according to a new study in the US. One environmental scientist argues that deforestation is not always harmful for the planet. Christopher A. Williams, a professor at Clark University's Graduate School of Geography (Worcester, Massachusetts), says that instead of warming up the Earth, deforestation But some experts are concerned that Williams' work is likely to be misconstrued as permission to continue deforesting, which is not his intention. It's widely accepted that our existing forests are vital carbon sinks, and the best course of action is to...

Read Time: New research by Christopher A. Williams, an environmental scientist and professor in Clark University's Graduate School of Geography, reveals that deforestation in the U.S. does not always cause planetary warming, as is commonly assumed; instead, in some places, it actually cools the planet. A peer-reviewed study by Williams and his team, "Climate Impacts of U.S. Forest Loss Span Net Warming to Net Cooling," published today (Feb. 12) in Science Advances. The team's discovery has important implications for policy and management efforts that are turning to forests to mitigate clima...

Deforestation in the US does not always cause planetary warming, as is commonly assumed; instead, in some places, it actually cools the planet. The discovery has important implications for policy and management efforts that are turning to forests to mitigate climate change.<br />