Move aims to protect millions of old-growth trees, which are better at storing carbon, but its outcome depends on 2024 election
Joe Biden’s administration planned to announce a new proposal on Tuesday aimed at banning logging in old-growth forests, a move meant to protect millions of trees that play a key role in fighting the climate crisis.
The proposal comes from an executive order signed by the president on Earth Day in 2022 that directed the US Forest Service and the land management bureau to conduct an inventory of old-growth and mature forest groves as well as to develop policies that protect them.