What is the plan to stop deforestation? Forests absorb vast amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) - a major contributor to global warming - so cutting down trees can have a big impact on climate change.
This includes even some mature and old-growth forests that Biden’s executive order was supposed to protect. An Oregon Public Broadcasting and ProPublica analysis found the bureau has allowed timber ...
As any aspiring lumberjack knows, most of the time it's illegal to wander into a national forest to chop down a tree. This month, however, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is all for it—provided you ...
Down the hill toward Yellow Creek ... and manage the O&C lands for ‘permanent forest production’ to ensure that the timber is ‘sold, cut, and removed.’” Since Biden’s executive ...
But more than two years later, these forests were still being cut under the Biden administration’s watch. Nearly the same amount as they were under Trump, who will take office again next year ...