The benefits of trees.Editor: A letter that I wrote about trees and sent to the Miami Herald was published today. I thought that you would like to see it: "TREES ARE BENEFICIAL" It seems as if it is perfectly OK to bulldoze bull·doze v. bull·dozed, bull·doz·ing, bull·dozes v.tr. 1. To clear, dig up, or move with a bulldozer. 2. To treat in an abusive manner; bully. 3. 50 acres of trees to build a shopping center shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—bazaars and marketplaces—in that the shops are usually amalgamated into and parking lots. However, vehicle emissions contribute to global warming global warming, the gradual increase of the temperature of the earth's lower atmosphere as a result of the increase in greenhouse gases since the Industrial Revolution. . The stores that are taking up acres of land should be built up, not out. If you build a Target, Wal-Mart, or Home Depot The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services. Headquartered in Vinings, just outside Atlanta in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, Home Depot employs more than 355,000 people and operates 2,164 big-box that is two stories high with a two-story parking garage, it will use half of the space. Beautiful trees could be planted in the space that would have been used for the store and parking lot. Trees cool the air. They clean it and return oxygen. We must open our eyes and see what we are doing to Earth. Temperatures are rising. Floyd Gavette, Hollywood, Florida |
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