The Washington Department of Natural Resources is fast-tracking a proposal to stop the management of 10,000 acres of forest land to be used as a voluntary “Carbon Project’. Critics suggest that it’s “Green-washing” the pollution of deep-pocketed polluters by selling the credits at a rate lower than what Lewis County would make off of a working forest. Lewis County contends that they would lose millions of dollars used to maintain schools, libraries, roads, and emergency first responder equipment (fire, police, etc) without understanding the impacts on the environment, wildlife, and the risk of wildfire.
Source: https://www.chronline.com/stories/commentary-dnr-fails-to-disclose-environmental-and-social-impacts-of-carbon-scheme,302149
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