The American Forest Resource Council (AFRC) held its annual meeting two weeks ago, and as part of that meeting hosted the most heated debate on the proper accounting for carbon sequestration by forests, and the potential credit that forests in the United States may be entitled to that I have heard. On one side, Mark
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Can Forest Biomass Solve Two Problems at Once? Or Will It Just Give Us Two Dead Birds?
By Elaine Spencer on
We like to think about killing two birds with one stone. Seems efficient. Burning forest biomass to create electricity is one of the potential solutions to reducing CO2 emissions and fossil fuel consumption. If forest biomass is grown sustainably, it can be produced indefinitely. Burning forest biomass also potentially creates the opportunity to improve forest…
What Did You Do In the Teens, Grandma?
By Elaine Spencer on
It’s a new year and a new decade, and that gives us an opportunity to think about not only where we’ve been, but also where we hope to go in the decade ahead. The decade of the teens, 2010-2019, may indeed be a pivotal time that determines whether our grandchildren can enjoy the quality of…