Chase oversees The Wilderness Society’s energy and climate change program, which focuses on making public lands part of the climate solution by reducing emissions, guiding needed development to smart places, and protecting wild places. Prior to this, he logged more than six years of service at the Government Accountability Office evaluating energy and climate change programs. Chase also worked for an energy subcommittee at the U.S. House of Representatives and at the U.S. Forest Service.
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