Tag: forests
-
Wise Fires Prevent Wild Fires
by Thomas Reiner, Quartz Mountain Commentary, ©2025 (Jun. 17, 2025) — The American West is no longer endless spans of unused prairies and forests. It has grown to become home to millions of Americans where prairies have been tilled into farmlands, and forests have been largely cut down to provide wood to build those homes.…
-
Green Folly Killing our Grasslands
by Viv Forbes, Executive Director, The Saltbush Club, ©2023(Jan. 11, 2023) — Black Aussies built our grasslands with everlasting fires,Then squatters went one better with cooler springtime pyres. But Greens they banned the fires and cancelled grazing passes,Now wildfires kill the forests and weeds replace the grasses. ———————- Viv ForbesWashpool, Qld, Australia Viv and Judy…
-
More Trees, Less Grass, No Food
by Viv Forbes, Executive Director, The Saltbush Club, ©2021 (Nov. 6, 2021) — Trying to bury carbon dioxide deep underground is another fashionable green fantasy. It consumes big dollars for taxpayer subsidies but coal and gas producers will love it as it wastes energy and will increase demand for reliable energy. Artificial carbon capture is…
-
Forests Need Foresters
by Viv Forbes, Executive Director, The Saltbush Club, ©2021(Jul. 12, 2021) — Green extremists plan to convert Australia into “tree heaven”. They will bully this through, no matter what the cost. Huge areas of forest are already converted to “locked-up-land” – national parks, world heritage areas, Kyoto protected trees, remnant vegetation, aboriginal reserves, wildlife habitat…
-
A Serious Climate Opportunity
WHY DOES GOVERNMENT REFUSE TO DO THE ONE THING THAT WOULD HELP OUR FORESTS AND CLIMATE? by Greg Walcher, ©2017 (Mar. 20, 107) — For years, politicians have waged war on coal, stifled oil and gas production, and advocated carbon taxes and other extreme measures to reduce carbon dioxide, while ignoring one of the most…