Carbon Cap Tax & Scam Ping ~ (POGW)
Posted on 10/01/2009 9:35:25 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and timber giant Sierra Pacific Industries on Wednesday evening announced the nation's largest forest carbon-offset project, meant to keep millions of tons of climate-warming gases out of the atmosphere over the next century.
Forestry and some conservation groups said the deal shows the state's new rules on forest offsets, adopted last week by the Air Resources Board, will be attractive to landowners.
But some environmental advocates said it's a sign that the timber industry is poised to capitalize on a provision that allows clear-cutting on land enrolled in carbon-offset programs.
"This is the thing we were worried about," said Michael Endicott, resource sustainability advocate at Sierra Club California.
The deal coincides with a high-profile international climate summit Schwarzenegger is hosting in Los Angeles this week.
On four plots totaling 60,000 acres in Tuolumne, Tehama, Shasta and Siskiyou counties, Sierra Pacific is committing to timber management strategies that should store more carbon compared with "business as usual."
"We can still manage our forests, but we have to meet or exceed the baseline conditions," said Mark Pawlicki, a spokesman for the company.
Over the next five years, Sierra Pacific expects the new management practices will keep 1.5 million metric tons of carbon dioxide stored in the trees and soil that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere. That's equivalent to what's generated by burning 170 million gallons of gasoline.
(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...
Billions of dollars ripped from the coffers of the rich countries and showered on the developing nations, industries crippled, carbon sacrificing, electricity plants shut down, etc., etc., etc. .....based on 12 trees somewhere in Russia?
It's almost laughable, if it weren't so sickening. Is it just me....or have we been had?
Carbon Cap Tax & Scam Ping ~ (POGW)
Typical environmentalist scumbag. It does not matter how many of their demands you meet, the answer is always no.
(Don't blame me, I voted for McClintock)
It's called EXTORTION. Thanks Governator!
Red Emmerson Knows where the money is.
Kick Austrian the midget OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“That stored carbon could likely be purchased as an “offset” by industrial polluters or electricity generators needing to reduce emissions under the state’s “cap and trade” system.”
This is the key to the article for Red. This BS reminds me of the farm subsidies when the govt. pays you NOT to grow corn.
Now Red’s going to get paid not to cut down trees and make them into lumber. If Weyerhaesuser can get WA & OR state to write a stupid law like this they can get paid not to cut trees in their forest land too.
Ten years from now we will complaining that we are importing all of our lumber from Canada, China & Russia.
I planted some trees on my property this year. I want my offset credits!
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