From The BBC.
By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent
Image copyright MARTIN BERNETTI Image caption Campaigners hope to plant enough trees to offset the climate impact of President Trump
A campaign to plant trees to compensate for the impact of President Trump’s climate policies has 120,000 pledges.
The project was started by campaigners upset at what they call the president’s “ignorance” on climate science.
Trump Forest allows people either to plant locally or pay for trees in a number of poorer countries.
Mr Trump says staying in the climate pact will damage the US economy, cost jobs and give a competitive advantage to countries such as India and China.
The organisers say they need to plant an area the size of Kentucky to offset the Trump effect.
Based in New Zealand, the project began in March this year and so far has gained pledges from around 450 people based all around the world. In the first month, 15,000 trees were pledged – that’s now gone past 120,000.
Some people have paid for trees to be planted in forest restoration projects in Madagascar, Haiti, Ethiopia, and Nepal. Others have simply bought and planted a tree themselves and sent a copy of the receipt to the project.
Image copyright Sean Gallup Image caption President Trump has moved quickly to undo the climate policies of his predecessor
The organisers, who are long-term climate campaigners, say they have tapped into a global sense of frustration with the president’s climate change policies.
Mr Trump has ordered a review of Obama-era climate regulations and he has also declared that the US will leave the Paris climate agreement.
“We’ve met some of the people on the front lines of climate change in Bangladesh, Mongolia and in other countries, and we found it extremely upsetting that Mr Trump’s ignorance is so profound,” said Adrien Taylor, a co-founder of Trump Forest.
“So we started to do something about it. Only a small percentage of the world voted him in, but we all have to deal with the consequences of his climate ignorance.”
The organisers estimate that they will need to offset 650 megatonnes of CO2 equivalent by 2025 to compensate for the president’s policies, which translates into more than 100 billion new trees. Despite the massive scale of planting needed, the campaigners believe it can be done.
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The trees should grow nicely as CO2 levels rise.
I’m all for it, and most of us like extra trees, but we’ve been here before
http://www.treecouncil.org.uk/DesktopModules/tc.Gallery/images/990/cd5a7698-eca0-410b-bdcb-fe718bde2121.jpg
As others point out, if it is such a great idea then why weren’t they already doing it?
At the BBC you get extra points in your annual performance review based on the number of times you mention global-warming or say something anti-Trump or anti-Brexit. This article ticked several boxes at the BBC, but poor old Matt McGrath doesn’t realise yet that these are exactly the sort of formulaic articles that the AI programs will be cranking out when he is told that his services are no longer required.
If they want, they can pay to plant a couple of trees on my property.
The organisers say they need to plant an area the size of Kentucky to offset the Trump effect.
So how many to offset Al Gores and Leni DiCaprio and the other hand wavers?
James Bull
Attention Climate Justice Warriors:
A tree has been planted in your name in Haiti.
Your day to water it is Thursday…..
Point 1- The world does not vote in American elections. Only registered American voters do.
Point 2- The Paris accords were about getting 100million US $ free every year. It had nothing to do with climate change or the environment. It’s all about getting their share of those free US $$$$.
You need to clarify Point 1 for people outside the U.S. Only American citizens are supposed to vote. If you are not a citizen and you register to vote, that is voter fraud and a crime. Of course, it still happens because it is endorsed by liberals who see it as the only route to winning. And let’s not believe this is a recent trend. My Dad, while attending Providence College in the 40’s, was paid to vote several times under different names at different precincts. He was a Democrat.
That reminds me of the old Chicago Democrat slogan. “Vote Early, Vote Often”. lol
All the dead people in Chicago’s graveyards also vote. So if you want to stay politically active after you die be sure to die and be buried in Chicago. 😉
Well here’s one place they won’t let you plant any trees –
http://www.philly.com/philly/health/six-flags-great-adventure-can-cut-18k-trees-to-make-room-for-solar-array-says-court-20170623.html
A billion trees is about three trees per American.
In Finland private land owners plant some 100 million trees each year! Last year there was sold 150 million samplings in Finland. During the busiest week planting speed was 8,5 million trees. Our law is simple, if a land owner you cuts a tree, then he needs to plant a new one. Actually there is planted more trees than cut in Finland. EU, Brazil, China, US and others should plant back forests that they have cut during last centuries.
Forest size in the US increases yearly.
Nothing remotely resembling “truth” ever comes out of the BBC now. Mr MacGrath needs to be put back in his box and the lid tightly screwed down !
The real lesson here is that government money is not needed. There are enough very wealthy people who supposedly care to fund just about anything they want, if you can get them to part with their own money.