Biden administration old growth forest proposal doesn’t ban logging, but still angers industry

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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration is advancing its plan to restrict logging within old growth forests that are increasingly threatened by climate change, with exceptions that include cutting trees to make forests less susceptible to wildfires, according to a U.S. government analysis obtained by The Associated Press. The analysis — expected to be […]

Biden proposing new protection on old forests

timberbiz.com.au - 24/Jun 00:58

The Biden administration is proposing new protections for old-growth forests but stopping short of blocking all logging of the carbon-storing plants....

US taking the next step to conserve old growth forests

timberbiz.com.au - 28/Jun 00:14

The US Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service is taking the next step to advance President Biden’s commitment to conserve old growth forests...

B.C.'s 'war in the woods' battlegrounds to be permanently protected

innisfiltoday.ca - 18/Jun 22:50

VICTORIA — Old-growth forests that were environmental and Indigenous rights battlegrounds over clearcut logging in the 1980s and 1990s during...

More than 300 hectares of land secured to conserve old growth

ilrtoday.ca - 28/Jun 19:52

Press Release June 28, 2024 VICTORIA – At-risk wildlife and critical old-growth habitat will be protected at eight different sites through the Old...

WRI: ‘In Europe, CO2-absorbing trees no longer have time to grow old’

newmobility.news - 24/Jun 10:10

That is a shame and bad for the climate because tall forests are critical for storing carbon and hosting biodiversity. Moreover, old trees absorb more...

WRI: ‘In Europe, CO2-absorbing trees no longer have time to grow old’

newmobility.news - 24/Jun 10:10

That is a shame and bad for the climate because tall forests are critical for storing carbon and hosting biodiversity. Moreover, old trees absorb more...

Trump added twice as much to the national debt as Biden, analysis finds

washingtontimes.com - 25/Jun 16:15

A new analysis reveals that fiscal policies under the Trump administration have significantly outpaced those of President Biden in adding to the...

Official responds to outrage over trees being cut down across Egypt

egyptindependent.com - 25/Jun 09:47

The Chairman of the Local Administration Committee at the Egyptian House of Representatives Ahmed al-Sajini said that reports of trees being cut down...