Why are emissions reduction decisions being made in the real world based on a financial framework at a fraction of the cost of the actual value and real world benefit of carbon? Why are decisions concerning the forests of the South, the lungs of the nation, being made at the fraction of the true cost of carbon?
June 19th and 20th marked the Spring 2014 meeting for Carbon Canopy, Dogwood Alliance’s forest carbon offsets initiative. Carbon Canopy is an innovative project that incentivizes forest conservation to create lucrative carbon sinks for landowners and valuable offsets for environmentally conscious businesses looking to reduce their footprint. Partners and stakeholders convened to discuss the state of Carbon Canopy’s mission and goals and to refocus the project’s direction.
A group of environmental groups filed a lawsuit to prevent EPA from giving a free pass to biomass utilities to pollute at will…
Our statement on the EPA’s poor decision to not regulate carbon and other pollution emissions from burning biomass for electricity. And why this decision is bad for forests, climate and human health.
EPA’s Decision Not to Regulate Carbon Emissions from Biomass Puts Climate, Forests and Human Health at Risk
Further Expansion of Industrial Scale Wood Burning Facilities Needs to Be Stopped While EPA Studies the Environmental Impacts
