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
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
The Conservation Fund
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