Good News! GOP Representative Is Talking About Trillion Trees Legislation With Ivanka!!

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The president, who has repeatedly questioned the science behind man-made climate change, had nothing to say about cutting greenhouse gas emissions or dealing with increasingly extreme weather and wildfires. He never said "climate" or "carbon" in his address. Instead, Trump rehashed a modest proposal that surfaced in recent days for planting one trillion trees across the globe.

"I had a heads-up that it could possibly be mentioned," said Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) last night after the speech about Trump's shoutout for more tree-planting. Westerman said he hopes to file his "Trillion Trees Act" next week — a bill that aims to tackle climate change by drawing carbon out of the atmosphere and housing it in trees (E&E Daily, Jan. 28). The Arkansas Republican said he has not talked directly to Trump about his bill, but he has discussed it with Ivanka Trump, the president's daughter and adviser.

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Democrats, while supportive of the Trillion Trees initiative, generally dismissed it last night as an unserious attempt to craft a climate policy. "This trillion trees thing, I mean, what are we going to plant trees in the back of pickup trucks now?" asked Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.). "I'm all for trees. Count me in, but it takes more than that to get serious about global warming."

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) laughed when asked last night whether Republicans need to show something more on climate change. "The Republican Party of today is essentially the political wing of the fossil fuel industry, and they're going to have to make some strong decisions about how far they want the fossil fuel industry to lead them down this bleak rim road," Whitehouse said.

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1. Post Human? Man breathing from the last tree on earth

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2. Like it! Very Mad Max!