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The TREES Act incentivizes tree-planting programs that bring down energy consumption while sequestering excess carbon that exacerbates the climate crisis.

"ASLA strongly opposes any attempts by the administration to weaken the NEPA... Weakening those protections in the midst of the global climate crisis is completely irresponsible," said Wendy Miller, FASLA, President of the American Society of Landscape Architects.

To better protect the licensure of landscape architects and the public they serve, ASLA has joined the Alliance for Responsible Professional Licensing (ARPL).

ASLA sent a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, asking them to include the policy recommendations contained in ASLA’s Smart Policies for Changing Climate Report.

As world leaders met in Madrid, Spain, to address the global climate crisis, the American Society of Landscape Architects touted the myriad ways the Society and the profession help communities plan for, and protect against, the new realities of a changing climate.