"A few months ago, I questioned a claim that planting trees could solve climate change. According to some scientists, reforestation “is by far the cheapest solution that has ever been proposed,” and for $300 billion it could sequester 200 gigatons of carbon (GtC, or 733 GtCO2). Many media outlets swooned, but the assertions were weak if not incorrect. Indeed, just this week, Science — the original outlet — published four scathing critiques of the underlying scientific paper."

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6 November 2019

"Congress is actively discussing climate policy—but where do forests stand in the mix? In this webinar, speakers Rita Hite (American Forests) and Alix Murdoch (American Forest Foundation) will share an update on the climate policy landscape, how forests fit in, and what’s ahead from two of the Forest Climate Working Group’s policy and advocacy leaders."

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Núñez-López, Vanessa, and Emily Moskal. 2019. “Potential of CO2-EOR for Near-Term Decarbonization.” Frontiers in Climate 1 (September). https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2019.00005.

‌"This paper provides an overview of carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery (CO₂-EOR) and its ability to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (even to the point of negative emissions), the role it needs to play in the challenge of decarbonization, and the need to scale up implementation and deployment in order to meet climate goals."

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Paustian, Keith, Eric Larson, Jeffrey Kent, Ernie Marx, and Amy Swan. 2019. “Soil C Sequestration as a Biological Negative Emission Strategy.” Frontiers in Climate 1 (October). https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2019.00008.

‌"In addition to carbon dioxide removal potential, increases in soil organic matter/soil C content are highly beneficial from the standpoint of soil health and soil fertility. Practices to increase soil C stocks include well-known, proven techniques, or “best management practices” (BMP) for building soil carbon."

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