Biden planning Earth Day order to protect old-growth forests

Published April 21, 2022 3:56pm ET



President Joe Biden will reportedly order government agencies on Earth Day on Friday to take new action to protect old-growth forests, which are central to his agenda of mitigating climate change.

The order will direct the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management to inventory the nation’s mature forests to inform new policies to protect them.

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