Trump signs order backing
1 Trillion Trees effort
Washington Examiner,
by
AbbySmith
Original Article
Posted By: MissMolly,
10/14/2020 4:55:18 AM
President Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday to make his pledge to help plant, restore, and conserve a trillion trees a reality.
The executive order puts some federal government muscle behind Trump’s announcement in January that the United States would help plant a trillion trees as part of a World Economic Forum initiative designed to address climate change.
Trump has avoided mentioning climate change when touting his announcement, but he and Republican lawmakers have used the trillion trees effort to tout their environmental bona fides. “Promoting healthy and resilient forests in the United States has been a top priority for President Trump and his administration,” a White House official said.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
volksford 10/14/2020 5:29:01 AM (No. 571883)
So...where are we going to plant these trees ?....California?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Bur Oak 10/14/2020 7:46:36 AM (No. 571962)
Where I live there are already too many trees. In Oklahoma they have controlled burns to get rid of the seedling trees in the grasslands particularly Eastern Red Cedar.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
ilovedogs 10/14/2020 8:06:04 AM (No. 571987)
I'm always for trees because they enable me to have air to breathe by converting my carbon dioxide...that said Hurricane Sally did a number on our trees here on the Gulf Coast...so I am thinking of a treeless yard lol
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Safari Man 10/14/2020 8:24:44 AM (No. 572011)
IMHO, the more trees the merrier, but I looked up the amount of (non-desert, non mountainous) land on earth and ran some numbers and this comes to about 62.5 trees/acre. If I am off by a factor of two, that's still about 30 trees/acre, on every acre on earth. My acre of land in a dense forest probably has about 30 trees on it already.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Judy W. 10/14/2020 8:40:55 AM (No. 572025)
I love trees and have planted many myself, but this is crazy. I hope the trillion trees are to be mostly in countries that need them. I'd like to see more trees in some areas in cities, but the way things are now the residents would probably destroy them. My state, Maryland, has a policy that developers have to plant a new tree for every one they take out. The problem is, they can plant them anywhere in the state, not necessarily where they are building. The rural, agricultural, hilly and well-treed county in western Maryland where I used to live got most of the new trees. Many of them blocked scenic views from homes, blocked businesses that relied on passing drivers to see their signs, and filled whole fields with trees, destroying the patchwork forest-and-field landscapes that are so attractive and brought needed tourists to the area. I have no doubt that this kind of thing will be the result of governments deciding where trees should be located. City-boy Trump, for all his good intentions, sometimes has no idea of how grand plans play out in people's lives.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Historybuff 10/14/2020 9:02:58 AM (No. 572049)
As I grab my rake in autumn, I have to wonder: How many leaves are on a trillion trees?
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
TexaTucky 10/14/2020 9:07:18 AM (No. 572050)
There’s not much of a downside to planting trees. They increase our planet’s lung capacity and induce moisture-releasing weather. Jews emigrating to the Palestinian Mandate before and after WWII used them to transform wasteland and swamps to veritable gardens that make Israel an oasis in the mideast.
No need to hug ‘em, but tree planting should be embraced.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
mc squared 10/14/2020 9:15:40 AM (No. 572057)
Here is the downside: another "interagency council to oversee the U.S. “trillion trees” push".
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
MDConservative 10/14/2020 10:23:14 AM (No. 572133)
In 2012, forest land comprised 766 million acres, or 33 percent of the total land area of the United States. The percentage has been increasing since 1910. Toss in a few windmill generators and we'll really have something. Send the bill to "the rich".
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
DVC 10/14/2020 10:29:13 AM (No. 572138)
Trees are good, but where is there a big need for more of them?
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What is the science behind the quantity of 1 trillion?
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
GoodDeal 10/14/2020 12:05:55 PM (No. 572271)
So apparently, someone has learned that plants absorb CO2 from the air, and by the process of photosynthesis, it converts it to oxygen. Miracles never cease.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
NYbob 10/14/2020 1:20:56 PM (No. 572348)
That's a lot of weeds. Well the deer will be happy.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Catherine 10/14/2020 3:21:24 PM (No. 572461)
Ex husband and I had a Christmas tree farm back in the day. I helped plant thousands of trees. It's hard but so rewarding. There can never be too many trees.
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