LPDD Recommendation: “Through tax deductions and tax credits, the federal government could provide significant incentives to corporations and private individuals who manage forestland to sequester carbon.”
LPDD Recommendation: “Congress and state legislatures should consider a modest carbon tax or GHG cap-and-trade program that recognizes private forest carbon capture as an emission offset, exempts emissions from sustainably produced biomass, and also imposes a tax burden on those who deforest their land through conversion.”
LPDD Recommendation: “Congress should impose a meaningful carbon tax (or auction) and create a CO2 trading regime in which sequestration in forests, soils, and forest products is specifically recognized.”
LPDD Recommendation: “Through tax deductions and tax credits, state and local governments could provide significant incentives to corporations and private individuals who manage forestland to sequester carbon.”