Virginia Cramer, virginia.cramer@sierraclub.org
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Westerman today introduced the Trillion Trees Act. The bill is one of three components of Republicans’ legislative attempts to address climate change. Trump has endorsed tree planting to fight climate change, despite repeatedly denying the current climate crisis.
In response, Kirin Kennedy, Sierra Club deputy legislative director issued the following statement.
“We cannot solve the climate crisis without focusing on forests. We also cannot solve the climate crisis by focusing only on forests. The scale of the climate and extinction crises demand more than half measures from our leaders.
“Trump and Republicans are hoping people will not see the forest for the trees. To truly make climate progress we must decarbonize the economy, protect existing wild places from drilling and logging that would further pollute our air, and suck existing climate pollution out of the air through forests and lands.”
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