Forests have been embraced as a natural climate solution, due to their ability to soak up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as they grow, locking it up in their trunks, branches, leaves, and roots. But a new study confirms widespread doubts about the potential for most forests in the Western US to help curb climate change."There's a lot of momentum to use forests as natural cl...
The US Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announced on Wednesday that it would maintain its policy interest rate, with the target range for the federal funds rate remaining at 5-1/4 to 5-1/2 percent. The decision was widely anticipated by market participants, who are now shifting their attention to the central bank's next policy meeting in November.The Fed a...
