Analysis
Will Climate Change Starve Us All?
No, But Bad Science Communication and Fear Mongering Might
· Alex Smith
Nature Better nature through technology.
Conservation, land use, wildfire and climate, and the politics and economics of development, assembled into one category: the case that intensifying human activity on less land is how wild nature gets room to recover.
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Wildfires
Latest: ‘Natural Disaster Insurance for All’ Is Not the Path to Wildfire Resilience
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Climate Change
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Decoupling
Latest: Breakthrough Institute Applauds USDA Approval of Genetically Engineered Disease-Resistant American Chestnut Tree
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Economic Development
Latest: It's Time for the World Bank to Scrap Its Climate Finance Targets
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Climate Politics
Latest: The Original Environmental Economist: RIP Uncle Bill
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Environmentalism
Latest: The Original Environmental Economist: RIP Uncle Bill
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Conservation
Latest: Breakthrough Institute Applauds USDA Approval of Genetically Engineered Disease-Resistant American Chestnut Tree
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Navigating NEPA
387 appellate NEPA cases and 1,800 opinions, filterable by state, project type and plaintiff, with the full dataset downloadable.
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Research, analysis and everything on the record across wildfires, climate change, decoupling and more.
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Analysis
What Does Exposure Growth Look Like?
Insights from Hurricane Prone North Carolina
· Jessica Weinkle
Analysis
When it Comes to Food, Is the New York Times Out to Lunch?
A New Series Highlights Western Myopia on Climate and Agriculture
· Vijaya Ramachandran, Alex Smith
Analysis
California’s Massive Park Fire Would be Less Severe if We Proactively Reduced Fuels
The Park Fire Shows That Both a Lack of Active Management on U.S. Forest Service Land and Land Management Optimized for Timber Production are Far from Ideal for Wildfire Safety.
· Patrick Brown
Analysis
Can Development Banks Do Better on Climate Adaptation Finance?
Evidence from the World Bank Does Not Inspire Optimism
· Vijaya Ramachandran
Analysis
We Choose to Reduce Wildfire Danger, Not Because It Is Natural But Because It Is Good
Relying on the Naturalistic Fallacy Confuses the Case for Proactive Land Management
· Patrick Brown
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Who leads this work
Ted Nordhaus
Founder and President Email
Latest: The Original Environmental Economist: RIP Uncle Bill
Vijaya Ramachandran
Director, Energy and Development Email
Latest: It's Time for the World Bank to Scrap Its Climate Finance Targets
