John Seiler was strolling across Virginia Tech’s campus with his students Thursday morning when something stopped them in their tracks: a sweet cherry tree with an unusual jagged scar running along ...

Severe cold temperatures hitting much of the country this week could branch out − literally. As people brace for the winter weather, some social media posts in recent days have warned of the chance ...

Public Service Company of Oklahoma is asking a judge to block Rogers County leaders from using zoning laws to prevent the company from building additional generators on company-owned land. PSO owns ...

ROGERS COUNTY, Okla. — Public Service Company of Oklahoma is suing Rogers County after officials blocked its more than $539 million plan to expand a decades-old power plant in Oologah. PSO says its ...

OKLAHOMA — Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) has filed a rate review with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission that would lead to a rate increase for residential customers. If the request is ...

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The Feanedock Oak stands out so clearly in Derbyshire’s section of the National Forest, you’d think it was calling to you. Surrounded by open fields, hawthorn hedges and young beech forest, a majestic ...

Increasing demand for electricity in Tulsa area expected to outgrow supply of power within two years. PSO buying and building new generation capacity, asking to recover cost from customers TULSA, Okla ...

Scientists have found that a single tree can be home to a trillion microbial cells — an invisible ecosystem that is only beginning to be understood. A black oak in the Yale-Myers Forest of northern ...

PSO received final approval for a rate hike of $12 a month for the average residential customer from the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. But, because fuel costs to generate electricity are down, the ...

Fake trees have been around for longer than you might think—but how do they compare to real trees when it comes to sustainability and your health? In some countries, artificial Christmas trees are ...

Christmas trees are the centerpiece of a holiday celebration. Every year, between 25 and 30 million Christmas trees are sold in the United States, according to the National Christmas Tree Association.