Conservation’s Role in a Cleaner Energy Future

Given the new infrastructure development required to transition to a low-carbon, green energy future, it can seem as though these two initiatives contradict one another. However, there is one thing that new energy infrastructure and biodiversity both need to thrive: land.

Larry Selzer, CEO and president of The Conservation Fund recently discussed why land conservation is such a critical catalyst for reaching our nation’s goals of climate mitigation and the swift transition to a low-carbon energy system in The Hill.

The Hill, March 25, 2023 – Gaining the social license to build clean energy infrastructure by Larry Selzer

 

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Other relevant articles by Larry Selzer

“Forests and Climate Change Solutions”
The Hill, August 20, 2021

“How to Protect Our Precious Forests”
The New York Times: Letter to the Editor; March 4, 2020 (third story)

“Seeing the forest and the trees: To fight climate change, we must protect existing woodlands”
The New York Daily News, February 3, 2020