Trump announces the US will join 1 trillion tree initiative

[Calista241]

Source: The Hill

President Trump on Tuesday announced the United States will join the One Trillion Trees Initiative launched at the World Economic Forum as world leaders seek to combat climate change.

Trump made the announcement during an address to global business leaders gathered for the annual event in Davos, Switzerland.

"We're committed to conserving he majesty of God’s creation and the natural beauty of our world," Trump said, adding that the U.S. "will continue to show strong leadership in restoring, growing and better managing our trees and our forests.

The announcement that the U.S. will join the initiative drew some of the most sustained applause of any portion of Trump's 30-minute speech, which focused mostly on his administration's accomplishments and the strength of the U.S. economy. That economic message contrasted with other world leaders who used the forum to highlight issues like climate change and global collaboration.

Climate change was a central issue leading up to this week's World Economic Forum. The One Trillion Trees Initiative followed remarks by an ecologist last year that planting 1.2 trillion trees could neutralize carbon dioxide emissions.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/479087-trump-announces-the-us-will-join-1-trillion-tree-initiative#.XicG5VTLANc.twitter

[sandensea]

1. That's good - though he'll probably have a few hundred planted, and he'll keep the change

Everything's a racket to that guy.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Where does he think they'll be planted? You can't drill for

or frack for oil in the middle of forssts.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

28. They'd look nice, planted along his fairways on his golf courses.

[rzemanfl]

3. Does he have any idea

how trees grow?

[bucolic_frolic]

4. Trump means planting trees

in asphalt parking lots.

This sounds like GHWB who announced prior to refusing to attend the Rio Summit that he would be "the environmental president".

Don't believe a word these doofusses utter

[Ghost Dog]

17. I don't believe it, but urban trees

are a good idea too.

[Bayard]

5. Hypocritical much?

The man who's been busy taking out environmental protections.

[Maxheader]

6. Notice how the orange haired handjob...

Is careful not to mention the benefit trees have on the environment...

On average, one acre of new forest can sequester about 2.5 tons of carbon annually. Young trees absorb CO2 at a rate of 13 pounds per tree each year. Trees reach their most productive stage of carbon storage at about 10 years at which point they are estimated to absorb 48 pounds of CO2 per year.

[SWBTATTReg]

7. Who gives a flying hoot what rump wants...folks in the US were going to do this regardless...

of what this scumbag says anyway more than likely and he took credit I'm sure for their efforts.

[bronxiteforever]

8. Endless bull from America's Favorite Casino Operator

[Ilsa]

9. I wish we could get developers to stop

cutting down every tree to start a new SFR development. They simply refuse to leave a few and work around them. It's difficult, but possible.

[truthisfreedom]

10. One trillion net trees? Or one trillion minus deforestation?

[Firestorm49]

11. $10 says he reversed course before the day is over..

[hatrack]

20. He won't even remember he said it by this time tomorrow

More bullshit from the Bullshitter In Chief.

[IronLionZion]

12. Dumbass probably thinks he get to chop down a trillion trees

https://www.trilliontrees.org/

[durablend]

14. asdf

Probably *somehow* getting paid to plant them then paid *again* to chop them down.

He sure as shit isn't going to do this without profiting off of it.

[IcyPeas]

13. who's gonna rake all those leaves off the floor?

[NickB79]

15. The entire "trillion tree study" was fatally flawed from the start

The research was extremely sloppy. The researchers proposed planting trees on millions of acres of land typically covered in prairie or savanna, which are themselves carbon-sequestering, ecologically rich habitats.

We can't get out of our carbon hole appreciably by planting trees. Only quitting fossil fuels and letting land revert to it's natural state can do that.

[dna80]

22. he hasn't a clue!

He's so against the notion of Climate change, this is just talk.
Anything that helps us, will be tabooed by him, why do we even listen.
The only thing we need to listen to is what regulations are being destroyed to cause climate change,
any regulation the Democrats want or have put in place.
He is the scariest person I fear for the lives of Americans every where and especially in the US.

[Flaleftist]

16. Didn't he just open Alaska's Tongass national forest to logging?

[pazzyanne]

18. This is tRump's tree plan...

and it is NOT increasing the number of trees!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/trump-pushes-to-allow-new-logging-in-alaskas-tongass-national-forest/2019/08/27/b4ca78d6-c832-11e9-be05-f76ac4ec618c_story.html

[dna80]

23. Thank you!

We don't always get news of what Trump and his cronies are doing behind the Tweets. We need to focus on what he is doing behind his buffoonish acts and speeches.
The News media is never focused on what important.
We need better news reporting.

[ehrnst]

24. You may not be familiar with NPR. I highly recommend it. (nt)

[zanana1]

19. i hope that this will happen, but...

He's probably lying.

[Kaiserguy]

21. Trump probably thinks

that it mean he get to cut down a Trillion trees instead of planting them.

[captain jack]

25. ...and provide the wood industry with more trees.

"What a fool believes."

[at140]

26. Does Trump know how many zeroes in a Trillion?

(it is 12).

[Botany]

27. Pure gibberish

"We're committed to conserving he majesty of God’s creation and the natural beauty of our world," Trump said, adding that the U.S. "will continue to show strong leadership in restoring, growing and better managing our trees and our forests.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

29. He's so dumb.

How dumb is he? He's so dumb he doesn't realize taking the lead on an issue like this could actually help his ratings. He could have taken his massive ego and gotten behind this idea 2 years ago and proclaimed he was the leader of the 'Save the Earth' campaign. As it is, I will believe we participate in this project when I see it...……...