I agree with Brad Schulze regarding carbon credits being a “racket.” But I cannot, in a few sentences, address his statements regarding the “supposed global warming trend.” However, in 2014, the American Association for the Advancement of Science stated “about 97 percent of climate scientists have concluded that human-caused climate change is happening.” They cite “abrupt, unpredictable and potentially irreversible changes that have massively disruptive and large-scale impacts.”
Next: Lynn Canal Conservation’s objection to the Haines Highway upgrade was based on the National Marine Fisheries Service’s statement that “the project, as proposed, would cause substantial and permanent harm to essential fish habitat”. The Department of Transportation has now incorporated many of our suggestions, but more is needed. Replacing culverts improves fish habitat; filling wetlands degrades it. Riprap has an adverse impact. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 2003)
The problem is not that “salmon don’t like to swim near boulders.” It’s that rearing and outmigrating salmonids need the protection of large woody debris. Engineered log jams can help.
Finally, Brad mentions streams flowing through mines like Greens Creek being cleaner when leaving than when entering. He does not mention Greens Creek’s 391 water quality violations or their need to treat acid-generating tailings for hundreds of years, if not in perpetuity (Greens Creek final Environmenta Impact Statement, sections 2.4.9.2, 3.4.3, 3.5.3.1 and Appendix B). Again, if Constantine will not pollute the Chilkat, why do they fear Tier 3 designation?
Eric Holle