On July 30th, Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) introduced the GPI Act of 2021, directing the Secretary of Commerce to establish a new metric for measuring US economic performance, setting budget priorities and guiding policy– the … Read more
Last month’s deadly heat wave was a stark reminder that we’re not doing nearly enough to tackle the existential threat of climate change. Atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide continue to rise at an increasing rate … Read more
In partnership with Dogwood Alliance, CSE has completed a two part series that summarizes what we know about the climate impacts of industrial logging activities in North Carolina. In Part I, and similar to previous … Read more
Sixty-one scientific, conservation community and faith organizations today called on the Biden Administration’s National Climate Task Force to reject the false solutions and narratives offered by Big Timber and instead embrace a climate-forestry for the … Read more
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
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
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
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
There’s a lot of greenwashing happening these days in forest politics. As climate change threatens the stability and health of our world’s ecosystems, rather than recognize forests as the powerful natural climate remedy that science … Read more
My experience with CSE’s law clerkship program was thoroughly educational and rewarding. My main goals going into this summer were to (1) understand the basics of the local environmental law landscape through experience working in … Read more