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Climate Policy: The One Thing China and the U.S. Can Agree On?

On March 18th, 2021, representatives from China and the United States met at a summit in Alaska for the first meeting between the two world powers since the Biden administration took office. Reports leading up to the meeting were riddled with headlines like “Climate Offers a Glimmer of Hope for U.S.-China Cooperation.” Climate discussions were […]

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The Importance of Old-Growth Forests to Climate Change Mitigation

With new tree planting initiatives popping up across the world using slogans like “We Plant a Tree Each Time You Swipe Your Card” and “Every Shirt Sold Plants 12 Trees!”, the world seems to have settled on one form of carbon sequestration (the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere). But this reforestation craze often […]