A large Oregon forest meant to offset planet warming emissions was burned three years ago in a wildfire, and the project had to be pulled from a carbon credit market that aims to fight against climate change. Now, its owners want to re-enter some of those burned acres into California’s carbon market, which generates credits based on the amount of emissions stored by trees. When trees are burned, they release some of those stored emissions, but the owners, Green Diamond Resource Company, maintain that the scorched land still offers some climate benefits. The move would mark a first, and it worries critics… “Do you want to count on those arid, ponderosa pine forests in southern Oregon for carbon offsetting? For making good on 100-year climate commitments?” said Grayson Badgley.