About the Authors

Robert I. McDonald

rob_mcdonald@TNC.ORG

Affiliation Worldwide Office, The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America

Joseph Fargione

Affiliation Central Region, The Nature Conservancy, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Joe Kiesecker

Affiliation Rocky Mountain Region, The Nature Conservancy, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

William M. Miller

Affiliation Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America

Jimmie Powell

Affiliation Worldwide Office, The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Designed the project, completed portions of the analysis, and wrote the paper: RIM. Analyzed biofuel and biomass trends: JF. Analyzed trends in oil and natural gas exploration: JK. Analyzed trends in solar power generation: WM. Designed the project: JP.