メーガン・ブーンのインスタグラム(msmeganboone) - 4月23日 05時09分

Forests are infrastructure #earthday

RP @americanforests
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We are running out of time to slow climate change and prepare our communities for the climate change-induced heat waves, expansive wildfires, droughts and floods that are already happening. America’s trees and forests can help by delivering more than a quarter of the needed carbon dioxide reductions to slow climate change while also equitably protecting people from its impacts.

The Climate Stewardship Act — introduced yesterday by Senators @corybooker and @kirstengillibrand, and Rep @abigailspanberger — will capture this natural climate solution as it proposes to invest enough federal funding to plant and grow billions of trees by 2030.

The billions of trees to be planted and grown under the Act would help naturally sequester and store almost 620 million tons of CO2 for each billion trees planted. That is equal to the emissions from almost 135 million cars driven for one year. To make sure these trees do more than just capture carbon, the legislation prioritizes planting in areas that provide drinking water and critical wildlife habitat corridors.

It also devotes 100 million of the trees to be planted in urban areas, with a focus on Tree Equity for the socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods that are systematically lacking in trees all across America. That is a life-or-death matter today, because climate change is dramatically increasing heat-related illness and loss of life in these communities. Over the next decade, it is projected that the bill’s investment in Tree Equity would save more than 200 lives and avoid 50,000 incidences of heat and respiratory illness, while generating more than $2.5 billion in health care and energy savings.

And that's not all. The bill is projected to create and support hundreds of thousands of jobs in tree planting and tree nurseries alone, benefitting rural and urban areas alike.

America needs to invest in climate solutions that can address many challenges and opportunities at once. Natural climate solutions, such as planting trees, meet this need. Join us in asking your Congressional leaders to support the Climate Stewardship Act.

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