Plant a trillion trees: U.S. Republicans offer fossil-friendly climate fix

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U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman , seen during a conference on Sept. 12, 2019 in Washington, DC, is a member of the House of Representatives’ natural resources committee who introduced the tree planting bill.Republican lawmakers on Wednesday proposed legislation setting a goal for the United States to plant a trillion trees by 2050 to fight global warming, a plan intended to address climate change by sucking carbon out of the air instead of by cutting emissions.

The bill is one of several elements of a broader proposal on climate change introduced by a half dozen House lawmakers on Wednesday. Democrats, including all the top presidential hopefuls in this year’s election, have made proposals for a rapid shift away from fossil fuels to help the United States and other countries avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

 

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globebusiness Will someone figure out how long this wouod take, how many people we need and how much it would cost, along with carbon print of all the trucks and other transport that wouod be involved. Idiots all. Reduce the ppl of planet to 1B which planet can handle; problem solved

globebusiness Maybe not.

globebusiness This is a batshit crazy response to a completely non-scientific proposal from a batshit crazy IPCC bureaucrat. I like it. Lets do this!

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