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Apple creates $200 mn fund for working forests, aims to make the atmosphere carbon-free SECTIONS Last Updated: Apr 16, 2021, 03:59 PM IST Share AFP The fund will aim to generate a profit by investing in forest properties that will be managed to both produce commercial timber and boost carbon removal. Related Apple Inc has created a $200 million fund to invest in timber-producing forest properties that will be managed to help remove carbon from the atmosphere while also generating a profit, it s...

Print This is the Dec. 10, 2020, edition of Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment in California and the American West. More than 111 million acres of U.S. wilderness have been designated since 1964, when the Wilderness Act was signed by President Johnson. It’s the highest level of protection the federal government offers, ensuring that wild lands remain free of permanent roads, motor vehicles, commercial enterprise and structures of any kind. The law’s ...