Despite Biden's Promise to Protect Old Forests, His Administration Keeps Approving Plans to Cut Them Down
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Old-growth forests are key to slowing #climate change and to protecting endangered species. In #Oregon, logging in Bureau of Land Management-controlled areas has continued at a steady pace despite Biden’s promise to protect these forests.

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A Biden Effort to Protect Old Forests Hasn’t Curbed BLM Logging

In Oregon’s Coast Range, mature forests can absorb more carbon per acre than almost any other on the planet. Yet logging here continues at a steady pace, putting the environment at risk.

^ProPublica