Pam Radtke, Author at High Country News https://www.hcn.org A nonprofit independent magazine of unblinking journalism that shines a light on all of the complexities of the West. Wed, 31 Jan 2024 16:47:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.hcn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2-32x32.png Pam Radtke, Author at High Country News https://www.hcn.org 32 32 229054741 Forest Service proposes storing CO2 under public land https://www.hcn.org/articles/forest-service-proposes-storing-co2-under-public-land/ Mon, 11 Dec 2023 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/articles/forest-service-proposes-storing-co2-under-public-land/ Forest Technician Jacob Floyd studies Longleaf Pine on Palustris Experimental Forest, part of the Kisatchie National Forest in Louisiana in October 2023. The U.S. Forest Service manages 173 million acres of land and is proposing that some land under its forests be used to store carbon captured from industries to prevent it from being released into the atmosphere.

‘It’s the opposite of a virtuous cycle.’

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