Details behind Biden's '30 by 30' U.S. lands and oceans climate goal
Posted on 25 March 2021 by Guest Author
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Bruce Lieberman
Among the many goals in President Biden’s climate change agenda, protecting 30 percent of U.S. lands and ocean territories by 2030 is among the most ambitious. And among the most complex.
The administration initiative is likely to face political headwinds in a divided government.
Nevertheless, achieving the “30 by 30†goal could be a critical marker on the road toward a carbon-free future. The reason: Natural landscapes and seascapes are powerful carbon sinks, pulling CO2 from the atmosphere and storing carbon in soil, grasses, shrubs, and trees, coral reefs, sea grasses, and ocean floor sediments.
“It’s impossible to overstate the importance of protecting more of America’s – and the world’s – natural places,†a group of senior staff members at the Natural Resources Defense Council wrote shortly after President Biden’s announcement.
https://skepticalscience.com/biden-30-by-30.html
