Sentence examples for chopped down forests from inspiring English sources

Swedes and Finns did it with chain saws that chopped down forests.

He chopped down forests, poisoned rivers and killed large numbers of the biggest sea fish and marine mammals.

My ancestors were among the millions who arrived in America in chains; built plantations, the White House and the Capitol; chopped down forests; grew the cash crops that made white men rich; and fought in every war this country has ever waged.

Two generations ago, combating deforestation meant devising ways for burgeoning rural populations to feed themselves without chopping down forests for agriculture.

Suspects wanted for crimes including poaching rhino, trafficking ivory and illegally chopping down forests feature on the first ever Most Wanted-style appeal to catch environmental criminals.

Technology allowed him to kill creatures and chop down forests more efficiently and to produce enough food to sustain 7 billion people.

Much of that loss came at human hands, of course, as people continued to chop down forests, especially in the tropics.

Burning fossil fuels and chopping down forests released about 40 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide last year, roughly the same amount as in the previous two years.

Would we end up chopping down forests to make room for growing the biomass, creating a massive new source of emissions?

There is little doubt that chopping down forests in tropical regions contributes to the overall greenhouse effect, because the carbon locked in trees converts to carbon dioxide as cut material is burned or decays.

Some environmentalists believe that the PVC is damaging to the environment and that having a real tree reduces your carbon footprint, but others refute this claim and prefer a recyclable option to chopping down forests.