The United States is quietly losing its remaining forests, grasslands, deserts, and natural places at a blistering pace. Every 30 seconds, a football field worth of America’s natural areas disappears to roads, houses, pipelines, and other development.
A novel analysis by CSP staff is supporting a new report from the Center for American Progress, asking the question: How much Nature Should America Keep? This work echoes the warnings of a new publication of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, pointing to the risks of ongoing climate and land use changes at a global level.
Some of the recent press highlighting our work is here:
[The Denver Post] [UPI.com] [PublicNewsService.org] [Salon.com]