IT’S ABOUT TIME SOMEBODY IN AN “OFFICIAL” CAPACITY CALLED ATTENTION TO
THIS!! NOW LET’S SHUT ‘EM THE F*CK DOWN!!
REALITY: IT’S NOT JUST FOR RADIKALS ANYMORE…
ASW
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Subject: Cut US national forests, dump CO2 to the skies
From: “Lance Olsen” <lance@wildrockies.org>
Date: Fri, June 13, 2008 10:00 am
To: “cmcr-outreach” <cmcr-outreach@vortex.wildrockies.org>
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This one’s of some interest for giving a glimpse into the climate
consequences of the 1980s trio of booms (in logging, lending and
construction) that led up to the notorious S&Ls scandals and its
threats to the U.S. financial system. As always, forests are a
leading economic indicator, but not always in the way its boosters
claim.
Lance
Forest Ecology and Management 255 (2008) 1122-1134
Public land, timber harvests, and climate mitigation: Quantifying
carbon sequestration potential on U.S. public timberlands
Brooks M. Depro , Brian C. Murray, Ralph J. Alig, Alyssa Shanks