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Exclusive — Microsoft backs nature-based carbon removal

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Chestnut Carbon, a nature-based carbon removal company, has inked a new, long-term agreement with Microsoft to provide the tech giant with removal credits from its projects in Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana. Why…

Beyond reforestation, let’s try ‘proforestation’

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“Proforestation” describes the process of allowing existing forests to continue growing without human interference as they achieve their full ecological potential for carbon sequestration and biodiversity. Old forests sequester a…

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