Interactive Map of Fire Ignitions Shows Roadless Rule Rollback Will Increase Threat of Forest Fires
Data shows ignitions far more likely near roads than inside roadless areas; highlights data from eight western states
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USDA’s own assessment shows eliminating the Roadless Rule will increase fires, landslides, and costs
USFS Assessment: On the one hand, allowing roadbuilding and timber harvesting in formerly roadless areas will increase fires, pollute drinking water, destroy wildlife habitat, and increase landslides… but on the other hand, it will cost billions and harm local economies!
New York’s Shameful Retreat on Climate Leadership
Science? Who needs science when you can just lower the bar?
PFPI’s New US Director of Science and Policy
David Mildrexler shares his background and thoughts on what lies ahead for his work with PFPI.
Once you see it, you can’t unsee it: “negative emissions” from BECCS is a scam
Parking tree-carbon belowground doesn’t remove carbon pollution from the atmosphere
The Drax Whistleblower Case: Its Significance for UK Biomass Policy
The tribunal has revealed deep dysfunction at Drax but also what looks a lot like willful blindness on the part of the government.
How bureaucrats are trying to trick UK lawmakers about biomass and Drax
Recent Parliamentary hearings showcased how hard the government is working to protect the energy giant
UK biomass company Drax caught in forest destruction cover-up. US policymakers, take note.
UK bioenergy giant Drax has repeatedly lied about logging primary forests in British Columbia to make wood pellets. US policymakers must not trust this company.
Groups call on Congress to ditch the biomass “carbon neutrality” rider
More than 100 local, state, and national organizations are urging House and Senate leaders to keep the biomass carbon neutrality rider and other environmental poison … Read more
