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Joshua Tree Removal for Desert Economy?
Season 2024
Episode 7
Parties behind commercial and industrial projects seek permission to cut down protected Joshua trees in order to make way for development in the California desert — another example of the age-old tension between environmental beauty and economic growth. Ryan Sabalow from CalMatters reports.
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