Cool, temperate rainforests, such as those found in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, store more carbon per acre than many of their tropical rainforest counterparts.
The Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences recently released a report commissioned by the state of Massachusetts that investigates greenhouse gas impacts of biomass energy. Quite predictably, the report has been greeted with both howls of protest and shouts of righteous glee.
“Out of seven of the most heavily forested nations on Earth, the United States experienced a greater percentage of forest loss from 2000 to 2005 than did any of the other countries.”
