First Name | helena |
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Last Name | chung |
Email Address | island.gr@hotmail.com |
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Subject | cap and trade10 |
Comment | The carbon emissions from clearcutting—which includes all the impacts from soil disturbance—are not offset for 80 to 100 years or more. We do not have time to wait that long, in the battle to save the planet from global warming. Under this plan, polluters will be able to trade their emissions for credits from forestry “offsets” that are not offsets at all, and will only serve to hasten the demise of the planet and California ’s rich biological heritage. And, California ’s forests are more than chunks of carbon; California ’s Sierra Nevada and Klamath-Siskiyou forests are designated global biodiversity hotspots. Clearcutting – as practiced by the majority of timber companies in the state and sanctioned by our state regulators—permanently eliminates habitat for entire suites of plants and wipes out the entire home ranges for dozens of animals. Even though trees are replanted, the resulting tree farm bears nothing in common with a natural forest (except for the presence of one or two species of conifers). The net impact of permitting this to continue, and rewarding it under these proposed regulations, will be the certain entrainment of extinction for untold numbers of plants and animals—loss of habitat will only be exacerbated by the adoption of a program that will not be effective at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Thus this policy is a lose-lose for the environment. |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2010-12-14 11:15:49 |
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