CCPA Policy Note

Entries Tagged as 'CO2 emissions'

That sinking feeling: BC’s forests and CO2 emissions

September 15th, 2009 · · 1 Comment · Climate change, Environment, resources & sustainability

As everyone knows, BC has a lot of trees. From a climate change perspective the nice thing about trees (forests, really) is that they suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. In the jargon, forests are a “sink”, reducing CO2 emissions, rather than a “source” that contributes them. At least, that used to be the [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: ·