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Lynn Scarlett, Chief External Affairs Officer at The Nature Conservancy , regarding the Trillion Trees Act, introduced by Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.): “Answering the threat of climate change means using each and every tool available, and that includes nature. While it must work in concert with other efforts like reducing carbon emissions and transitioning to clean energy, natural climate solutions like reforestation have enormous potential to sequester carbon while also protecting biodiversity, cleaning air and water and creating jobs. “We commend Rep. Westerman and his fellow cosponsors for working to amplify the role of forests in the country’s climate change response. The proposal includes encouraging provisions to help expand federal, state and local tree-planting efforts, specifically expanding forest carbon stocks and increasing investments in reforestation and workforce development, however there
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GOP Rep. Bruce Westerman of Arkansas is reintroducing a revamped version of his “Trillion Trees Act” that would incentivize the planting of trees to absorb carbon.
Westerman, the only licensed forester in Congress, touts planting trees as the most “pragmatic, proactive approach” to removing planet-warming carbon from the atmosphere.
“It’s large-scale, it’s cost-effective, and there are a lot of positive environmental benefits of having healthy forests,” Westerman, the top Republican on the Natural Resources Committee, told the
Washington Examiner in an exclusive interview ahead of the bill’s release.
The legislation is a plank of a broader House GOP climate agenda that the party is promoting ahead of the Biden administration’s summit event on Earth Day with world leaders to rally support for stronger emissions reductions commitments under the Paris Agreement.
Lawmakers announced their plans for addressing climate change, sustainable ag
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