Topic: Environmental impact

Will unlicensed marijuana cultivation hurt California’s redwoods?

• Northern spotted owls may be at risk from cannabis farms
• Medley of agencies tasked with enforcing new California marijuana laws
• Legal marijuana in California brings host of environmental rules
• Cannabis cultivation could threaten Santa Cruz mountain lions
• Op-ed: Five years after Amendment 64, Colorado’s marijuana crop is getting greener
• Spokane County cannabis farmers will have to register at air pollution office
• Colorado Divide: Is hemp the answer for a rural county hoping to rely less on mining?
• Op-ed: America’s past holds clues for solving current issues with marijuana industry
• California’s cannabis farms under scrutiny to reduce their environmental impact
• Growing weed has a bad rap for harming the environment. Some growers are trying to change that
• How Vail Valley ranchers created a zero-carbon footprint marijuana farm
• Is California being too aggro on weed grows? This county thinks so
• California authorities seize 27,000 cannabis plants, arrest 35 in 4-day raid
• Homeland Security will waive environmental laws to build Mexico wall
• Denver wants to double use of recycled water for cannabis crops, other purposes
• California gov commits $1.5M to clean up damage from illegal marijuana grows
• Ecologists worried about illegal marijuana farmers using lethal chemicals
• Energy use by cannabis industry declining with increased efficiency, outdoor grows
• “There has never been anything like this”: California cannabis farmers under regulatory spotlight
• Cannabist Show: She sells green-certified cannabis; She steeps Tea-HC
• The future looks rosy for marijuana cultivation, but not very green
• Energy-sapping marijuana cultivation a growing worry