An ambitious tree-planting campaign aims to counteract the CO2 released by Donald Trump’s climate policies A campaign to plant enough trees to offset Donald Trump’s climate policies is under way. Organisers hope to plant 10bn trees by 24 December 2017, with the final one being a Christmas tree planted in front of the White House.
The organisers of Trump Forest are asking people to donate trees to form up for the 650m tonnes of CO2 that will be released into the atmosphere by 2025 whether the president’s plans to backtrack on US climate commitments go ahead. Related: The man who planted a tree and grew a whole family of forests Related: 'Forest cities': the radical plan to save China from air pollution Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com