tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2471227525958744648.post-44956387003799353692008-03-22T11:04:00.003-04:002008-03-22T11:25:18.903-04:00I know this has nothing to do with Michigan government, but it is such a funny story, I thought I would pass it along.<br /><br />The Heartland Institute has a great story in their April "Environment and Climate News." It is about a landowner who is forced to cut down his redwood trees because they block the sun from a neighbor's solar panels.<br /><br /><em>"We are the first citizens in the state of California to be convicted of a crime for growing Redwood trees," said Carolyn Bissett.</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>Kurt Newick, chairman of the global warming committee of the Loma Prieta Chapter of the Sierra Club, says Treanor and Bissett should be forced to cut down their redwoods.<br />"It's actually better for the environment to put solar on your roof than to plant a tree," Newick told the Mercury News. Newick is a solar panel salesman.</em><br /><em></em><br />Read the full story here: <a href="http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=22931">http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=22931</a>Jack Hoogendykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04000930931176589718noreply@blogger.com