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A new study looks at how forests that are regrowing trees may still emit carbon up to 10 years after they're first logged.

After a major setback in the 2010s, the most recent U.N. assessment says the Montreal Protocol has succeeded in safeguarding Earth's ozone layer.

The big news out of COP 27, the UN climate negotiations, according to most media was a global agreement to create a fund to provide developing nations more aid to explicitly address rising climate change impacts. Yet, this action, while justified, is at best a thin, temporary band aid.

ALBUQUERQUE, NM — Activists rallied at the Forest Service Region 3 headquarters in Albuquerque today to call on federal agencies and the Biden administration to enact meaningful solutions to the climate crisis, including protecting carbon-storing mature and old-growth trees from logging and ending fossil fuel extraction.

VANCOUVER –  taken at oil and gas sites in Alberta and Saskatchewan reveal that methane is being intentionally and unintentionally emitted from Canada’s oil and gas-producing regions. 

EPA’s proposal reinforces the United States’ firm commitment to climate action as the world convenes in Egypt to renew efforts to stem global warming. Minimizing wasteful methane emissions can also help meet energy needs during the geopolitical crisis, even as we continue to decarbonize the world’s energy systems."

The settlement addresses URO’s failure to capture and control air emissions from storage vessels and to comply with associated inspection, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements.

More companies must make and implement zero-deforestation supply chain commitments in order to significantly reduce deforestation and protect diverse ecosystems, say researchers.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10, working with tribal air staff, has issued an air quality advisory and a ban on open burning on the Yakama Reservation due to the elevated pollution levels caused by regional fires. Weather forecasts indicate poor air quality will continue until Friday.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 10, has issued an air quality advisory for Indian Reservations in Western Washington due to the elevated pollution levels caused by wildfires in the Cascade Mountains. Weather forecasts indicate periods of poor air quality will continue through Monday.