Restore America’s Estuaries Convenes Blue Ribbon Panel to Secure Coastal Wetlands Role in Fighting Greenhouse Gases
| Sourced From Estuaries.org |WASHINGTON—Restore America’s Estuaries (RAE) announced today that it has convened a blue ribbon panel of nationally recognized experts to explore the role coastal wetlands play in sequestering greenhouse gases (GHG). The panel’s ultimate goal is to develop a national greenhouse gas offset protocol for wetland restoration projects. Marine and tidal wetland soils remove vast amounts of carbon dioxide, one of the most significant greenhouse gases, from the atmosphere.C
