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February 19 2021 Regan Fisher is a Southeast Portland resident. She argues that state towns and cities should reap the benefits of timber harvests. Many of Oregon's small towns are cash-strapped and struggling.? Some blame these financial woes on a decline in revenue from logging due to environmental ?protections, and they advocate for larger harvests. However, the truth is that despite ?conservation efforts, timber harvests on state and federal land have remained about the same ?for the past 25 years. So why aren't communities reaping the benefits?? The answer is that timber companies ...

Apparently -- >> bill -- go ahead, please. >> my understanding is he's turning the other cheek or he's looked away, rather, and let farmers clear rain forests at an astonishing rate so they can pursue agriculture both in meat ranching and soybeans and other conventional crops. the subsidies for u.s. farmers and brazilian farmers, this controversy goes back a long way. >> right. >> and the strange thing is that by subsidizing both farms in brazil and farms in the u.s., you end up hurting farmers in africa. it's just -- it's one world nowadays, everybody. >> right. but to the instant circumstanc...

Covering climate, environmental policy and politics. he was in brazil in march reporting on the government's climate policy. this is an unmitigated disaster that will hasten destruction of the world. i'm not being extreme here. this is really serious. there aren't a lot of amazons around the world that take carbon dioxide out of the air. this is the worst problem because you're burning that sink and, by the way, putting carbon into the air in the burning of it. >> that's right. it is the world's biggest terrestrial carbon sink. it's also the home of millions of people. it isn't just something ...

Because you're burning that sink and, by the way, putting carbon into the air in the burning of it. >> that's right. it is the world's biggest terrestrial carbon sink. it's also the home of millions of people. it isn't just something that affects all of us because of climate change. but there are many, many people that live in that forest and many of these tribes that are being deliberately displaced through this activity. >> so there is logging going on, clear-cutting and then this is what some are saying the burning of the stuff that's left behind so that that land can be cleared for agricul...

Terrestrial carbon sink. it's also the home of millions of people. it isn't just something that affects all of us because of climate change. but there are many, many people that live in that forest and many of these tribes that are being deliberately displaced through this activity. >> so there is logging going on, clear-cutting and then this is what some are saying the burning of the stuff that's left behind so that that land can be cleared for agricultural use. >> that's right. so brazil is a major exporter of beef, second only to the united states. >> right. >> it is also a major exporter o...