Forest owner wants to put burned acreage back into carbon offset market, but critics skeptical • Oregon Capital Chronicle
- A large Oregon forest was burned in the Bootleg Fire three years ago and removed from the carbon credit market aimed at fighting climate change.
- Green Diamond Resource Company wants to re-enroll 48,000 acres of the burned forest in California's carbon market, which officials say is allowed if trees are not double counted.
- Critics are concerned that re-enrolling high-risk land could undermine the integrity of California's carbon market and lead to more wildfires.
- Green Diamond plans to plant seedlings in the burned area and may contribute more credits to the buffer pool if its new projects are approved.
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