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John Talberth

Trump’s attack on spotted owl habitat destabilizes the rural economy and breeds far right extremism.

February 11, 2021February 9, 2021 by John Talberth

Portland, OR – Two Pacific Northwest economists today released a socioeconomic analysis condemning the Trump Administration’s last-minute decision to exclude 3.5 million acres of northern spotted owl habitat from critical habitat designation under the Endangered … Read more

Categories Wild and Working Forests

2020 Year in Review: Program Accomplishments and Prospects for 2021

January 24, 2021 by John Talberth

Let’s be honest: 2020 was a year we’d all like to forget. But amidst the chaos of the global pandemic, Trump’s disastrous and divisive presidency, outrage in the streets over yet another year plagued by … Read more

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Why Kicking (Some) Corporations Off the Land Is Essential for Surviving Climate Change

January 23, 2021 by John Talberth

There is almost universal agreement that humanity needs to rapidly transform how our food and wood supplies are produced in order to avoid the worst effects of rapid climate change. However, the transformation from high-carbon … Read more

Categories Uncategorized, Wild and Working Forests

Logging Is Not A Solution to Wildfires or Climate Change

September 23, 2020 by John Talberth

The bodies are still being counted. The land is still burning. Yet Big Timber is wasting no time greasing the wheels in Congress for another round of profiteering from the staggering community losses in the … Read more

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Clearcuts and climate change: Oregon drinking water supplies under siege

July 15, 2020July 7, 2020 by John Talberth

This week, Center for Sustainable Economy (CSE) and ten other watershed advocates filed protests with nineteen public water system managers across western Oregon asking them to use their legal authority and discretion to halt over … Read more

Categories Wild and Working Forests

Coalition provides roadmap for Executive Order implementation on Oregon forestlands

May 7, 2020 by John Talberth

In light of Governor Brown’s recent Executive Order 20-04, organizations across Oregon are asking whether our forest management bodies will take seriously their obligations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and make the landscape more resilient … Read more

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To save our climate we need taller trees not taller wooden buildings

February 14, 2020 by John Talberth

To many of us working at the intersection of forest conservation and climate stability recent opinions and news coverage of proposals to fill our cities with tall wooden buildings presents not a stirring vision of … Read more

Categories Uncategorized, Wild and Working Forests

Protection vs. process: CSE’s take on Governor Kate Brown’s Oregon logging deal

February 13, 2020February 12, 2020 by John Talberth

On Monday, February 10th, 2020, Governor Kate Brown announced an agreement between environmental and timber industry organizations to stand down on further advocacy for six ballot measures (3 from both sides) currently in the signature … Read more

Categories Wild and Working Forests

REPORT: The harmful climate impacts of industrial tree plantations in North Carolina

September 10, 2019 by John Talberth

Asheville, NC – A new report from the Center for Sustainable Economy and Dogwood Alliance puts a spotlight on North Carolina, and shows just how big of a climate catastrophe logging is in the state. … Read more

Categories Climate Justice, Wild and Working Forests

Oregon climate bill leaves out Big Timber – the state’s largest polluter – and instead rewards it with two more subsidies

June 19, 2019June 18, 2019 by John Talberth

Extractive industries have proven adept at generating record profits, then using those same profits to protect themselves from any responsibility for cleaning up the mess they leave behind. Oregon’s timber industry is a case in … Read more

Categories Wild and Working Forests
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Trump's parting shot against spotted owl habitat is bad news for the rural economy and helps breed far right extremism. ... Groups plan to sue to undo the damage: https://sustainable-economy.org/economists-trumps-attack-on-spotted-owl-habitat-destabilizes-the-rural-economy-and-breeds-far-right-extremism/

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