'No, you cannot at once abandon the Paris Agreement (a global effort to fight climate change), promote fossil fuels, pander to coal, as Trump has -- and hope to be seen as Climate Jesus by hawking the idea of planting trees,' writes jdsutter, CNNOpinion
John D. Sutter is a CNN contributor and a National Geographic Explorer. He is director of the forthcoming BASELINE series, which is visiting four locations on the front lines of the climate crisis every five years until 2050. Visit the project's website. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion at CNN.Well, worry not. The American Polluter in Chief was kind enough to drop a little reminder into the State of the Union this week.
At best, it takes decades for the trees to be effective, said Foley, from Project Drawdown. That's because trees grow slowly, amassing carbon in their structures as they grow. Trees should be part of the solution, Foley said. It's bizarre -- and hypocritical -- to see this environmentalist pose coming from Trump.
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