Juliet Eilperin

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4/ While a third of the carbon would remain locked in the wood, the rest would eventually escape in the atmosphere. The Tongass National Forest, as a whole, stores 9.9 billion tons of CO2, nearly twice what the U.S. emits each year by burning fossil fuels. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 30, 2021

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3/ But it has another value -- the carbon absorbed over centuries that's in its fibers, the vegetation that clings to it and the soil in which its roots are enmeshed. It holds nearly 12 metric tons of carbon, per @oregonstate Professor Beverly Law, w/ 1.4 tons more in the soil. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 30, 2021

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5/ Americans have fought for years over whether to cut down these ancient Alaskan trees. I've written about this dispute for more than a decade, but I've never seen them myself. So I went there to meet the people closest to the forest, and spend time in these groves. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 30, 2021