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Forests store more carbon per acre than any other terrestrial ecosystem on the planet; they need to be the nation’s first line of climate change defense.

Forest Carbon Reserve

The creation of a Forest Carbon Reserve would be an essential part of any future Green New Deal. It would result in a substantial reduction in, and avoidance of, carbon emissions from forest degradation and fossil fuel production, would be integral to a broader green jobs program.

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Industrial forestry is a set of techniques aimed at producing as much commercially valuable timber per acre as quickly as possible.

The Climate Impacts of Industrial Forest

Most of North America’s largest timber companies are wedded to a model of intensive, industrial forestry that is far from climate friendly. We need to reward long-rotation, lower-impact logging if we are serious about tackling climate change.

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Don’t Buy the “New” SFI

Sustainable Forestry Initiative Certification

Forest Stewardship Council Certification

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The Demand for Conflict-Linked Palm Oil Now Comes From Fuel, Not Food

Can Old-Growth Forest Survive a Timber Bias?

Moving Slightly Southern Trees to New England Could Help Forests Survive Climate Change

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August 2, 2018

Today, the Trump administration announced a plan to work with the state of Alaska on a special rule that would undermine protections for millions of acres of pristine, old-growth forest in the Tongass and Chugach National Forests.

August 1, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Sen. Maria Cantwell today introduced the Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2018. The Act would permanently codify the Roadless Rule, which safeguards 58.5 million acres of pristine National Forest System lands across 39 states…

May 18, 2018

The House today failed to pass the 2018 farm bill, though Republicans are vowing to pick the highly partisan legislation up again next week under a motion to reconsider. The bill includes a host of troubling provisions, including weakening the SNAP…

April 12, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- House Republicans today released the FY2019 farm bill. The bill weakens the SNAP anti-hunger program and includes provisions undermining bedrock environmental safeguards for clean water, wildlife and forests.

October 11, 2017

OAKLAND, CA -- At least 21 people have died as wildfires continue to burn across northern California.