Mass Audubon promised to preserve wildlife. Then it made millions claiming it could cut down trees
By Lisa Song and James Temple ProPublica and MIT Technology Review,Updated May 10, 2021, 3:31 p.m.
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The Massachusetts Audubon Society has long managed its land in western Massachusetts as crucial wildlife habitat. Nature lovers flock to these forests to enjoy bird-watching and quiet hikes, with the occasional bobcat or moose sighting.
But in 2015, the conservation nonprofit presented Californiaâs top climate regulator with a startling scenario: It could heavily log 9,700 acres of its preserved forests over the next few years.
In the 210 years since it was first built, the Colvin Run Mill has outlasted the industrial revolution, a civil war, and multiple pandemics. Now, it has the capacity to keep grinding grains for at least another 15 years, thanks to a new water wheel and flume.
The Fairfax County Park Authority completed its restoration in March 45 days ahead of schedule but the refurbished mill saw action for the first time Saturday morning (May 2), when the new wheel took its first turns to power the mill, which ground out some corn meal and grits to be sold at the nearby general store.
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Along the coast of Northern California near the Oregon border, the cool, moist air off the Pacific sustains a strip of temperate rainforests. Soaring redwoods and Douglas firs dominate these thick, wet woodlands, creating a canopy hundreds of feet high.
But if you travel inland the mix of trees gradually shifts.
Beyond the crest of the Klamath Mountains, you descend into an evergreen medley of sugar pines, incense cedars and still more Douglas firs. As you continue into the Cascade Range, you pass through sparser forests dominated by Ponderosa pines. These tall, slender trees with prickly cones thrive in the hotter, drier conditions on the eastern side of the state.
Oddbox announces expansion plans as it pledges to reach net zero by 2030
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B Corp announces plans to save 150,000 tonnes of food from going to waste over the next five years as it expands into South West and Midlands
Surplus fruit and veg distributor Oddbox has unveiled a string of new climate targets, vowing to achieve net zero emissions by 2030 and prevent 150,000 tonnes of food from going to waste by 2025.
B Corp Oddbox targets net-zero emissions by 2030
Surplus fruit and vegetable redistributor Oddbox has unveiled new pledges to reach net-zero emissions by 2030 and reduce emissions by saving 150,000 tonnes of food waste by 2025.
Oddbox’s own product surplus is also donated to charities The Felix Project and City Harvest
B Corp Oddbox has outlined new commitments to sustainability in its first annual Do Good Report. The company, which redistributes fruit and vegetables not wanted by retailers directly from growers to households, has committed to reaching net-zero by 2030.
Additionally, the company will attempt to save 150,000 tonnes of food from going to waste by 2025. Currently, Oddbox offers the produce to households who sign up to its community and the initiative is expanding to cover the Midlands and South West. More than two million new households now have access to the community.