•Press Release Climate Change
Washington, DC — Out of 39 National Parks in the Eastern US, only one has a healthy forest that is not facing failure or insecurity. In a new analysis, CEPR’s Algernon Austin focuses on the plight of Eastern forests to make a broader point and a plea. To save the future of Eastern forests, immediate and fully funded state-level climate corps are needed. Other US regions face the same fate and states in those regions could also benefit from state climate corps.
“All states have problems that could be solved with a strong climate corps program,” said Austin. “State legislators should invest in these corps to mitigate damage from invasive plants and avoid devastating dangers like the Lahaina wildfire in Hawaii.”
