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November 25, 2015

Microsoft helps preserve trees near Rainier to earn carbon offset credits

  • Firms also can buy credits from wind farms or projects that capture methane from landfills.
    • By PHUONG LE
    Associated Press

    Half a small forest still standing near Mount Rainier faced clear-cutting before an effort in Washington state saved the decades-old trees and allowed Microsoft to help finance the project to offset its carbon footprint.

    The effort by two environmental groups keeps 520 acres of Douglas fir and western hemlocks intact so the trees can store carbon dioxide for an additional 100 years.


     
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