[ACT] Treebune News- Tree Legislative Passes House and Pittsburgh's Urban Forest

[Jared Liu]

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	July 6, 2009	 	
		
  	


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NATIONAL NEWS
American Clean Energy and Security Act
(Washington, DC)- The U.S. House, splitting largely along party lines,  
has approved the most ambitious energy and global warming legislation  
ever debated in Congress. H.R. 2454 contains two key urban forestry  
provisions, including Rep. Doris Matsui's Energy Conservation through  
Trees Act and Rep. Ed Perlmutter's GREEN Act. The Alliance for  
Community Trees has been a strong advocate for both, and encourages  
all ACT members to ask their elected leaders to support these  
provisions.

  	


  	
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LOCAL STORY
Group greens Pittsburgh's concrete jungles
(Pittsburgh, PA)- While the national average for similar-sized  
metropolitan areas is one street tree per every two people,  
Pittsburgh's average is one per 11, says Danielle Crumrine with  
Friends of the Pittsburgh Urban Forest. And the average drops  
dramatically in neighborhoods like the East Liberty where there is one  
tree per every 22 people.

  	



  	
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