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February 27, 2023
How Bioenergy Causes Air Pollution: The Dark Side of Renewable Energy

Excerpt: Bioenergy is often seen as a more environmentally-friendly alternative to other forms of energy generation. But the truth is that it can actually be quite harmful to the environment. Bioenergy has a dark side: It contributes to air pollution. Original link: Dogwood Alliance Cross Posts: Full Text: Headline: How Bioenergy Causes Air Pollution: The […]

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December 31, 2022
The Myth Busting Series

We believe in the inherent worth of forests as places for relaxation, rejuvenation, and recreation. That's part of the reason why it's so hard to stomach the lies and myths that come forth from the industrial destroyers of forests. I worked to develop a series of "mythbusting" reports that answered some of the most common […]

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December 31, 2022
Forests Are Not Fuel: Encyclopedia Chapter

This one was fun to write, but it's landed in a weird place on the web. It's owned by Elsevier, who owns the Encyclopedia of the World's Biomes, where it was published. We contributed this chapter discussing the history and implications of bioenergy usage in the United States. Abstract As the world seeks solutions to […]

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December 31, 2022
Treasures of the South: The True Value of Wetland Forests

This was the first major project that I led at Dogwood Alliance. Using research provided by Key-Log Economics, we constructed a story about the ecosystem services value of wetland forests (swamps, bottomland hardwoods, etc.). This was a powerful report and got a lot of media attention at the time of publication. Stats from this report […]

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December 31, 2022
Climate Impacts of Industrial Forest Practices in North Carolina

While not credited as an author on this project, just like the Great American Stand, I contributed heavily to the research and information gathering phases of this project. With John Talberth's assistance, I scoured the USFS / FIA database to get all of the relevant metrics for NC forests. We looked at forest age, carbon, […]

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December 31, 2022
The Great American Stand & Related Briefs

Although I'm not credited as an author on this report, I contributed heavily to the background research that went into this project. I also developed the plain language briefs that accompanied the later releases of the Great American Stand. It was also my first big project with Bill Moomaw, who is an excellent scientist and […]

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December 30, 2022
A history of forests in the U.S. South

Woodworking Network was gracious enough to repost our content about a new brief we had released, "A History Of Forests In The US South." This report details the rise of forest-destruction and the industrialization of our forests. While many of the facts are indeed, just context setting, the report has been critical to level-set with […]

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December 30, 2022
Louisiana's wetland forests worth $79.4 billion, study finds

This was part two of NOLA's feature on wetland forests that came out of our ecosystem services report. Sara was such a cool reporter, and I loved the quotes she chose from our interview. Favorite Quotes Wetland forests encompass any forest that is submerged for part of the year. Louisiana has 5.2 million acres of […]

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December 30, 2022
Louisiana wetlands are worth a fortune in protection | Editorial

I was so honored when we got picked up by the NOLA.com Editorial Board for our publication on Ecosystem Services in swamps. NOLA.com has huge readership, and the editorial did end up getting reposted in a few different places, too. It features quotes, stats, and information that ties our report into other groundbreaking and current […]

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December 30, 2022
Mighty Trees, Warriors Against The Threat Of Climate Change

This was one of the first media opportunities I got with Dogwood Alliance, and I remember taking a day trip out to the studio to record it! It was such a fun time, and I got to know Shawn, the host of SciWorks, in the process. Story Excerpt From the coastal plains to the mountains, […]

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