Burning Trees Not “Clean” Energy in NC On September 27,2019, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper handed Center for Sustainable Economy (CSE) and our partners in North Carolina, the Dogwood Alliance, a major victory when the governor announced his state’s Clean Energy Plan would eliminate the combustion of biomass for electricity ... Read More

CSE’s Report Finds Timber Industry  is #3 Polluter in North Carolina A new report, “Climate Impacts of Industrial Forest Practices in North Carolina,”released on September 10, 2019, by CSE in partnership with Dogwood Alliance revealed that logging in North Carolina releases 44 million tons of carbon dioxide per year, making it the ... Read More