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SilverSurfer -- specific things you'd do/policies you'd implement? (eom)

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NYT reveals another of the many examples of what we have been told is really assumptive bunk.

that planting trees and avoiding further deforestation provides a convenient carbon capture and storage facility on the land.

Considering all the interactions, large-scale increases in forest cover can actually make global warming worse

Worse, trees emit reactive volatile gases that contribute to air pollution and are hazardous to human health.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/20/opinion/to-save-the-planet-dont-plant-trees.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=Moth-Visible&module=inside-nyt-region®ion=inside-nyt-region&WT.nav=inside-nyt-region