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Maine Turns to Its Vast Forests to Meet Climate Goals

Original: # Maine # USA # US Maine Looks to Its Forests to Reach Climate Goals The state’s 18 million acres of forest, the largest

Maine is looking to its 18 million acres of forest—the largest unfragmented tract in the eastern United States—to help meet its climate goals. The forests offset at least 60 percent of the state's total greenhouse gas emissions each year, making forest management a central piece of Maine's climate strategy.

Why now: renewed attention to forest-based carbon offsets in state climate policy

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• # Maine # USA # US Maine Looks to Its Forests to Reach Climate Goals The state’s 18 million acres of forest, the largest unfragmented tract in the eastern U.S., offset at least 60 percent of Maine’s overall greenhouse emissions annually https:// insideclimatenews.org/news/291… · Snoro · 1

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