[California] Arcata may someday get paid for the invisible greenhouse gases its community forest traps. Considered a leader in sustainable forestry, the city is now being asked to be among the landowners steering the way with a strategy to cut excess carbon dioxide and other gases that are believed to be contributing to global warming. As part of a new California initiative, Arcata could get credit for its forest management scheme, in which it grows more than it cuts. That credit could become a commodity in the United States and be traded to polluters required to slash emissions. The city’s environmental services department is also keeping a close eye on a Pacific Gas and Electric Co. proposal that could jump-start a market for carbon credits, paying up to $10 per ton of carbon stored by trees. That is expected to go before the California Public Utilities Commission in the next few months.

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