Biden administration withdraws old-growth forest plan after getting pushback from industry and GOP

Biden administration axes controversial climate plan for old growth forests

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between BPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. After spending more than two years drafting a plan to manage and protect the nation’s old-growth forests as they endure the ravages of climate change, the Biden administration has abruptly abandoned the effort. That decision by the U.S. Forest Service to shelve the National Old Growth Amendment ends, for now, any goal of crea…

Biden Administration Pulls The Plug On Old-Growth Forest Protection Plan

The president will exit office without securing lasting safeguards for the nation’s most ancient trees, which play a key role in mitigating climate change.

Biden administration halts old-growth forest protection plan after opposition

The Biden administration has withdrawn a proposal to safeguard old-growth forests following industry and Republican opposition, citing lessons learned from public feedback.Matthew Brown reports for The Associated Press.In short:The Forest Service shelved the plan, intended to limit logging of old-gr...

Biden administration jettisons effort to protect old-growth forests

The Biden administration is dropping its efforts to issue a policy to protect old-growth forests — though the president previously touted protecting such forests as an important component of his climate agenda. In a statement late Tuesday, Forest Service Chief Randy Moore announced that the agency did not plan to move forward with proposed protections…

The Biden administration has dropped protections for old-growth forests. Here’s why

The Biden administration on Tuesday abruptly dropped its nascent plan to protect old-growth forests after getting pushback from Republicans and the timber industry.The move was announced by U.S. Forest Service Chief Randy Moore in a letter to forest supervisors.It brings a sudden end to a yearslong process to craft a nationwide plan that would better protect old trees that are increasingly threatened by climate change. The effort had been suppor…

Biden administration withdraws old-growth forest plan after getting pushback from timber industry and GOP

The Biden administration on Tuesday abruptly dropped its nascent plan to protect old-growth forests after getting pushback from Republicans and the timber industry.The move was announced by U.S. Forest Service Chief Randy Moore in a letter to forest supervisors.It brings a sudden end to a yearslong process to craft a nationwide plan that would better protect old trees that are increasingly threatened by climate change. The effort had been suppor…