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The Capitol Christmas Tree Provides a Timely Reminder on Environmental Stewardship This Holiday Season

Comparing the carbon footprints of real and artificial Christmas trees involves a complex calculation which, in the case of real trees, depends upon how they are disposed of.

By Emma Ricketts

Visitors look at the U.S. Capitol Christmas tree, a Red Spruce from Pisgah Ranger National Forest in North Carolina, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C, on Dec. 5, 2022. Credit: Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images
A workers at Holiday Tree Farms tags freshly harvested Christmas trees at the Beaver Creek shipping yard on Nov. 18, 2017 in Philomath, Oregon. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Warming Trends: Swiping Right and Left for the Planet, Education as Climate Solution and Why It Might Be Hard to Find a Christmas Tree

By Katelyn Weisbrod

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