Forests across the United States are major contributors to the fight against climate change, annually removing damaging excess carbon from the atmosphere equivalent to approximately 13 percent of overall U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. According to a new report published today by Stanford Law School’s (SLS) Law and Policy Lab and the Bezos Earth Fund, implementing “climate-smart” forestry practices—such...Read More

One can grow numb to the temperature records that keep ascending around the world. For months across the Northern Hemisphere, we have seen heat wave after heat wave spike thermometers, melt roads and devastate crops. This week alone, we may see all-time temperature highs across the world, including parts of the southwest United States and southern Europe. At...Read More