You value independent local news, so become a sustainer today to power our newsroom. It's time to discuss one of the perennial debates of the holiday season: Which are more eco-friendly, real trees or ...

It's time to discuss one of the perennial debates of the holiday season: Which are more eco-friendly, real trees or their fake counterparts? If you ask Tim O'Connor, executive director of the National ...

The analysis took into account things like the netting around real Christmas trees and the water used to keep them alive in homes, versus the plastic packaging tape used on fake-tree boxes and ...