NPR’s Weekend Edition has a story about the carbon credit industry in California that focuses on the Van Eck Forest in Humboldt County. Tamara Keith of the California Report reports. Listen
here
. Also, read
this December, 2007
Journal
story about the forest
if you haven’t already.
This article appears in Nobody’s Fault.
humboldt on national news about carbon offsets, and the forest having value for just standing there…
carbon can be preserved in a 2×4 inside my house as well. Do I get carbon credits? Fact is, young, fast growing trees pack more carbon away from the atmosphere than old trees. Cut em down, store the carbon in lumber, and plant new ones if you really think you’re doing anything to save us.