Timber manufacturing often releases more greenhouse gases than its products store
As policymakers weigh their options for reducing the greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming, they hope to find solutions that allow us to have our cake and eat it too. Some hold out hope that long-term storage of carbon in wood products such as furniture and home-building materials can be a win-win solution. The notion is intuitively appealing, but a new report from Wilderness Society resource economist Ann Ingerson highlights some of the obstacles to this approach.
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Sam Goldman
Sam has been with The Wilderness Society since Fall 2007. He came most recently from M+R Strategic Services in Washington, DC where he worked with national environmental groups to improve their online campaign work and field organizing capacity. Before that, Sam was the Assistant National Field Director for U.S. PIRG where he covered a variety of issues including the fight to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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