NEI Nuclear Notes

This morning, NPR's Morning Edition ran an energy NIMBY story with a twist: An "In My Back Yard" piece titled, " City Dweller Laments Loss Of Urban Trees ," detailing the difficulties power companies can face in dealing with urban homeowners. Utility people say they can't win. If they trim too aggressively, residents, like me, complain that they are destroying the canopy in an old neighborhood. But if untrimmed trees take out power lines during a storm, those same residents jump on the phone and demand that the utility turn the juice back on right away. Earl Eutsler is a District of Columbia arborist. He says there's only one way to solve the conflict between trees and power lines. "Planting the proper tree in this space. For example, the amur maple we installed in front of your house," he explains. "Proper tree, proper place" is the motto for the city's plan to replace tall trees under power lines with species that are more, sha...