OTHER ASSETS - Changes in Carbon Credits (Details) - Carbon Credits - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Indefinite-Lived (Excluding Goodwill, Accumulated Impairment Loss	$ 0
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	1,346	$ 1,544
Acquisitions	698	0
Sales	0	(286)
Foreign currency adjustment	(88)	88
Ending balance	$ 1,956	$ 1,346

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Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets, Sales

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance and having a projected indefinite period of benefit.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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Amount of foreign currency translation gain (loss) which increases (decreases) an asset, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance and having a projected indefinite period of benefit to fair value.

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A roll forward is a reconciliation of a concept from the beginning of a period to the end of a period.

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Amount of increase in assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with an indefinite life, from an acquisition.

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