Republicans want to open pristine Alaska wilderness to logging. This is a tragedy | Kim Heacox

The Tongass forest sequesters 3m tons of C02 annually, the equivalent of removing 650,000 gas-burning cars off the roads every yearForests are the lungs of the Earth.Around the world, every minute of every day, trees perform magic. They inhale vast amounts of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, and exhale oxygen, the stuff of life. They keep things in balance. And no single forest does this better - contains more living plant life per area, or stores more carbon - than the 17m-acre Tongass national forest in coastal Alaska. Continue reading...