Today, the U.S. Forest Service proposed a rulemaking that would clear the way for corporations to bury carbon waste under national forests – a dangerous move that privatizes public spaces, threatens ecosystems and endangers public health. 

In response, Food & Water Watch Policy Director Jim Walsh released the following statement:

“Our nation’s forests should not be a dumping ground for polluters. The Biden administration continues to promote bogus carbon capture technologies that only serve the interests of giant fossil fuel corporations that stand to benefit from carbon capture while exploiting public resources. 

“Carbon dumping would require a buildout of dangerous pipelines and injection wells that would present serious safety risks, and impact our national forests in perpetuity. This move serves to boost fraudulent carbon capture schemes that are being used to block actual policies to reduce climate pollution. The Biden administration should get serious about ending fossil fuels, not green lighting dangerous waste dumping in our national forests.”