The Geological Survey report, said Patrick Creighton, a spokesman for the Marcellus Shale Coalition, an industry group, found that oil and gas activity affected less than 1 percent of the forest area in Allegheny and Susquehanna counties.

WSJ: Northeast drilling boom threatens forest wildlife

Around eight percent of the earth's forest carbon storage is trapped in the DRC's 86 million hectares of rainforest.

CNN: Logging decimates African rainforest

The scientists found that thanks to current levels of deforestation in the region, rainfall is 6-7 percent lower than it would be with full forest cover.

BBC: Rainforest plays critical role in hydropower generation

Daryl Rosenbaum, MD, director of the Sports Medicine Fellowship at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine, recommends that people with colds begin working out at 50 percent intensity.

CNN: Signs you're too sick to work out

In the case of the forest project, China can take up to 40 years to repay the loan, at less than one percent interest per year.

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