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Old-growth forests are critical to slowing climate change and deserve immediate protection from logging

Forests are an important part of the Earth’s operating system. They reduce the formation of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere due to the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation and land degradation by 30% each year. This slows global temperature increases and resulting changes in climate. In the US, forests account for 12% of the… Read More »