A ridiculous article from the guardian.

[Gardenscape]

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/dec/01/trees-may-increase-air-pollution-on-city-streets

[Haironyourchest]

Is it just me, or is the Guardian being more stingy with its comment option in recent months?

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/dec/01/trees-may-increase-air-pollution-on-city-streets

 

"...Nice does not recommend that councils cut down trees in leafy suburbs to meet pollution limits, but urges planners, local authorities and developers to take into account the adverse effect that trees can have on air quality if badly sited or unmanaged..."

 

Can't see anything controversial or ridiculous about encouraging appropriate thinking?

 

Trees in the wrong position may exacerbate rather than ameliorate poor air quality - fair comment.

[wrsni]

But it's not a fair headline is it?

 

"Incorrectly positioned.........", in front of it would have been a correct representation of the story.

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

Not a particularly well written article for sure...

 

I wonder what motive or momentum is behind it, or maybe it is just as simple as being a poor piece of work.

 

For example, it could just as easily have said "...but urges planners, local authorities and developers to take into account the adverse effect that ROADS can have on air quality if badly sited or unmanaged.. "

 

It's not the trees creating the pollution after all.....

[wrsni]

It's not the trees creating the pollution after all.....

 

Try telling that to a townie after they've seen that headline!

[Beardie]

One of their arguments is that trees slow down air currents and allow pollutants to settle. In which case they're not going to be airborne anymore, and people won't breathe them in.

[Mark Bolam]

I've always hated trees, the oxygen-producing bastards.

This article backs me right up.

[elicokiz]

Remember reading something similar a couple of years back where researchers had discovered aerosols given off by trees when under heat stress caused high levels of pollution. Still better off with them than without.

[Stubby]

I've always hated trees, the oxygen-producing bastards.

This article backs me right up.