By Pam Lewison
Initiative on Agriculture director for the Washington Policy Center
Don't focus on carbon, manage our forests
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November 17, 2022
Forest health, climate change, and a plan that got almost no input before being announced is at the heart of the “carbon project” announced by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources last week.
The project, developed by Finite Carbon, proposes to set aside 10,000 acres of forest in Western Washington, once set aside for marbled murrelet habitat and then cleared for logging, for carbon offsets that can be purchased by large companies in trade for their greenhouse gas emissions.
The act of setting aside 10,000 acres of forest as “protected” for corporate carbon offsets ma...
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