It was exciting to read all of the national and international news coverage of my proposal to explore how the City of Long Beach can utilize its "urban forest" of 393,000 trees in medians and in parks and market the carbon offset credits these trees produce. I want to thank my two co-sponsors: Councilmembers Garcia and Johnston.
The marketing of these carbon offset credits and the revenues produced could help our city better trim and maintain these trees.
Under AB 32, California's landmark climate regulations, a cap and trade system is established that allows the selling and buying of carbon offset credits. The use of an "urban forest" for these credits is a new one but one being explored in California as evidenced by a recent workshop conducted by the University of California at Davis which you can view at: http://ccuh.ucdavis.edu/events/carbon-offsets-the-urban-forest-1/carbon-offs
Also check out some of the news stories featuring our proposal in Long Beach:
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