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Logging is destroying southern forests — and dividing US environmentalists

Grist

In the fight against climate change, the $300-billion U.S. logging and woods products industry has positioned itself as a purveyor of “natural climate solutions.” After they are cut they can be replanted, absorbing carbon once again as they mature. The idea is intuitive: Trees are the ultimate renewable resource.

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The 2020 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

GreenBiz

Grateful appreciation to the World Business Council for Sustainable Business and the Yale Center for Business and the Environment for helping us spread the word. Please join us in congratulating and celebrating the best and brightest of 2020 — at a time when we all could benefit from approaching challenges with fresh eyes. Meg Wilcox.

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How Efforts to Restrict Democracy in Ohio Make It Harder to Fight Climate Change

DeSmogBlog

This article by Energy News Network is published here as part of the global journalism collaboration Covering Climate Now. Ohio’s adoption of gerrymandered voting district maps last week is the latest in a series of anti-democratic measures that thwart action to address climate change, critics say.

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From Climate Exhortation to Climate Execution

Mosaic

The Inflation Reduction Act finally offers a chance for widespread change. There are about a hundred and forty million homes in the United States. Two-thirds, or about eighty-five million, of them are detached single-family houses; the rest are apartment units or trailer homes. But can it actually be done?