First Name | judi |
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Last Name | goglia |
Email Address | jmgoglia@comcast.net |
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Subject | Cap & Trade / clear cutting |
Comment | It is ridiculous to include clear cutting as an offset; destroying our forests is not the way to cut carbon emissions. Your proposal does not adequately consider all the effects of clearcutting and makes your whole program subject to valid criticism and doubts. California’s forests are also important for the ecological services they provide, not only for nature, habitat and wildlife, but for people too. Our forests are the lungs of the earth that purify our air. Our forests control sedimentation and temperature of the waters we drink, and on which our salmon depend for reproduction. Even aged, clearcut forests are less resilient, more prone to fire and disease, and provide less diversity of habitat for the species on which nature and Californians depend. Clearcutting should be outlawed. Certainly, your regulations should encourage select harvesting of forests rather than clearcutting. No offsets for clearcutting. |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2010-12-02 08:56:06 |
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