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Repairing America’s Tattered Forests: Forest Carbon Coalition's Policy Roadmap

This report contains a policy roadmap from Forest Carbon Coalition for maximizing the contribution of US forests to the fight against climate change.

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Beyond Fossil Fuels: Sustainable Development Opportunities in Nunavut

Prepared for Greenpeace Canada, this report lays out a sustainable development portfolio for this indigenous region in far northern Canada.

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Fossil Fuel Risk Bonds: Making the Polluters Pay for the Climate Crisis

This report describes the features of fossil fuel risk bond programs states, cities and counties can adopt to operationalize the ‘polluter pays’ principle.

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Forest Carbon Tax and Reward: Journal Article

Read CSE research advocating for a forest carbon tax and reward program to regulate the GHG emissions from industrial logging and deforestation.

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Pay for Performance: Optimizing Public Investments in Agricultural BMPs

Journal article describing a system that could replace practice-based cost share programs for agricultural BMPs.

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The Climate Impacts of Industrial Forest Practices in North Carolina – Part 1

In Part 1 of this report, CSE estimates the greenhouse gas emissions associated with industrial forest practices in North Carolina.

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Publication Archives

By John Talberth December 4, 2025
An inland facility that uses non-wood feedstocks could be cleaner, greener, and more profitable
By John Talberth November 19, 2025
Army Corp of Engineers asked to withhold permit until advanced filtration systems are put in place.
Salmon swimming underwater, one with bright red sides, others muted silver, in a rocky riverbed.
September 17, 2025
An overview of 6PPD-Q pollution and what CSE is doing about it.
August 6, 2025
State forests are far more valuable for water, carbon and recreation
July 3, 2025
New report documents the climate consequences of clearcutting Canada’s vanishing forests for tissue paper and paper towels
March 21, 2025
Carbon border adjustments on pulp and lumber could provide a rational basis  for tariffs and reduce high-emissions logging.
March 16, 2025
New FORCE report addresses what it will cost and who will pay
October 24, 2024
New report the report begins the process of developing evidence-based estimates of the costs to Oregonians.
August 29, 2024
Logging is a major source of GHG emissions in Shasta, Siskiyou, and other California counties but is ignored in the state's climate action agenda
June 2, 2024
Equivalent to taking 241,000 electric cars off the road each year
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