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2023-09-30 17:32:34 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

The Scottish government requires that developers that fell trees for wind farms must carry out compensatory planting elsewhere. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-19/fact-check-checkmate-scotland-trees-windfarms-14-million/101345798 Kodama (Co.) raised over $6 million from Bill Gates’ climate fund to pursue ways to reduce CO2 emissions by burying harvested trees (biomass). https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/12/15/1065016/a-stealth-effort-to-bury-wood-for-carbon-removal-has-just-raised-millions/ https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kodama-systems-raises-6-6m-series-seed-to-accelerate-forest-restoration-and-carbon-storage-301704690.html

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• The Scottish government requires that developers that fell trees for wind farms must carry out compensatory planting elsewhere. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-19/fact-check-checkmate-scotland-trees-windfarms-14-million/101345798 Kodama (Co.) raised over $6 million from Bill Gates’ climate fund to pursue ways to reduce CO2 emissions by burying harvested trees (biomass). https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/12/15/1065016/a-stealth-effort-to-bury-wood-for-carbon-removal-has-just-raised-millions/ https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kodama-systems-raises-6-6m-series-seed-to-accelerate-forest-restoration-and-carbon-storage-301704690.html