Despite new “guidance,” the Forest Service moves to clear-cut mature pines in Montana without a detailed accounting of the cost in carbon emissions.

Logging Plan on Yellowstone’s Border Shows Limits of Biden Greenhouse Gas Policy

ByMarianne Lavelle

April 7, 2023

This story by Inside Climate News is part ofDeforestation Inc., a global investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.

U.S. government agencies are expected to quantify the climate impact of their actions under newguidanceissued by President Joe Biden’s administration at the start of this year.

But last month, the U.S. Forest Service decided to move forward with a 16,000-acre logging project on the border…