500,000 people call for mature and old-growth forest protections
Activists gathered near Forest Service headquarters in D.C. to deliver comments calling for mature and old-growth forest protections.
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500,000 people ask Forest Service to protect mature forests from logging
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Students tell Home Depot to put forests first
Across the nation, college students are calling on The Home Depot to protect forests in its supply chain.
Logging mature and old trees threatens U.S. climate goals
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Thursday signed a memorandum to clarify the U.S. Forest Service’s direction on climate policy. The memo, "Climate Resilience and Carbon Stewardship of America's National Forests and Grasslands," follows a recent White House executive order highlighting the importance of conserving mature and old-growth forests on federal lands as a climate solution. The memo, which lays out “actions to restore forests, improve resilience, and address the climate crisis”, falls short in meeting the ambition outlined in President Joe Biden’s order on old forests and trees. Secretary Vilsack acknowledges the role that older trees play in absorbing and storing carbon and supporting biodiversity. But he fails to outline a plan for his agency to protect mature and old-growth forests and trees from commercial logging.
21,622 Americans call on The Home Depot to protect our forests
The Home Depot has the opportunity to protect our climate, biodiversity and people. Consumers urge the company to step up.
Groups tell Biden Administration: Let Older Trees Grow
Environment North Carolina, SELC, and dozens of other conservation groups launched an effort Tuesday to focus on protecting mature trees and forests on federal lands that are most critical in the fight against climate change. The Climate Forests campaign is calling on the Biden administration to kick off a new era of climate and forest policy in which trees and forests are valued as key pieces of the climate solution.