Putting a fair price on carbon pollution is exactly what my home state of Washington has a chance to do this November, as voters decide whether to enact Initiative 1631.
Land Ahoy: A New Frontier for Climate Action
The most underrated tool in the fight against climate change might just be right under your feet. That’s right: land is storing epic amounts of carbon that could otherwise warm the atmosphere. It’s sequestered inContinue reading
No Country for Clean Cars
In light of this assault on an environmental policy that did its job, what can a despairing environmentalist do?
How to Teach Climate Change in Trump Country: Perspectives from a New York Times Reporter
How do you convince stalwart supporters of Donald Trump that climate change is real? That was the question that James Sutter struggled to answer when he accepted a position as a high-school science teacher inContinue reading
Carbon Offsets for Conservation
Because many carbon offset projects relate to forests, wetlands and other natural land uses, they also may provide a significant benefit in some areas for conservation of land and ecosystems. My Master’s Project looked to find what role carbon offsets play in promoting conservation in North Carolina.
Farms and Forests: the Future of Federal Climate Policy?
What will it take to reduce our national greenhouse gas emissions by 80% in 2050? That is a question I’ve been grappling with all year as part of Duke’s Bass Connections program, an initiative thatContinue reading
The conservation law that everyone loves could soon be gone
The Land and Water Conservation Fund is a political unicorn. At a time when the environment ranks as the most polarizing issue in Washington, LWCF (a mouthful of an acronym for the Fund) is overflowingContinue reading
What’s Lacking in the Fracking Debate?
I went to a talk by author Daniel Raimi to hear his expert take on fracking, an industry that is polarizing not just along the political spectrum but even within the environmental community itself.
A New Year in New Orleans
New Orleans is, more and more, embracing development that is both environmentally and socially sustainable as it continues to rebuild from Hurricane Katrina.
Hiking for the Holidays (a new reason to love public land)
“Come forth into the light of things. Let nature be your teacher.” -William Wordsworth Some holiday traditions are as old as family lore, passed down from grandparents to mothers and fathers and then toContinue reading