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Oregon Forest Carbon Incentives Act
End Tax Breaks for Clearcutting
Clearcutting and other industrial forest practices are the leading source of greenhouse gas emissions in Oregon and one of the biggest threats to the resiliency of our rural communities as climate change unfolds because clearcut lands and timber plantations are far more susceptible to wildfires, flooding, drought, and toxic algae blooms than natural forests. Despite this, Oregonian taxpayers subsidize these practices at a rate of over $300 million per year. Counties are deprived of badly needed revenues for schools, infrastructure, and social services and our climate suffers. Our system of tax breaks and subsidies must be aligned with the goal of climate stability.
Clearcutting and other industrial forest practices are the leading source of greenhouse gas emissions in Oregon and one of the biggest threats to the resiliency of our rural communities as climate change unfolds because clearcut lands and timber plantations are far more susceptible to wildfires, flooding, drought, and toxic algae blooms than natural forests. Despite this, Oregonian taxpayers subsidize these practices at a rate of over $300 million per year. Counties are deprived of badly needed revenues for schools, infrastructure, and social services and our climate suffers. Our system of tax breaks and subsidies must be aligned with the goal of climate stability.
Oregon Safe Waters Act
Photo Credit: Shane Anderson
End Clearcutting and Chemical Sprays in Our Drinking Water Supplies
Clearcutting, logging roads, and application of chemical herbicides, pesticides, and fertilizers on forestlands degrade clean drinking water sources with sediments, thermal pollution, and other contaminants and elevate the risk of wildfires, flooding, landslides and toxic algae blooms.
Clearcutting, logging roads, and application of chemical herbicides, pesticides, and fertilizers on forestlands degrade clean drinking water sources with sediments, thermal pollution, and other contaminants and elevate the risk of wildfires, flooding, landslides and toxic algae blooms.
