SUBSCRIBE TO OUR FREE NEWSLETTER
Daily news & progressive opinion—funded by the people, not the corporations—delivered straight to your inbox.
5
#000000
#FFFFFF
5
#000000
#FFFFFF
Dan Price (l) and Adrien Taylor (r), seen here planting a seedling, are co-founders of the Trump Forest initiative. (Photo: TrumpForest.com)
"Trump Forest" Blooms to Counter "Trump's Monumental Stupidity" and Attack on Earth
"As the planet heats up towards critical tipping points, we simply can't afford his ignorance"
Apr 10, 2017
Want to help counter President Donald Trump's war on climate action and combat climate change? Help plant Trump Forest.
The brainchaid of climate scientist Dan Price and sustainable cap company founder Adrien Taylor, the Trump Forest initiatve launched last month with a batch of 1,000 trees planted in Christchurch, New Zealand.
The new website lays out the initiative's impetus like this:
U.S. President Donald Trump doesn't believe in the science of human-caused climate change. He wants to ignore one of the greatest threats to healthy life on Earth.
Trump wants to bring back coal despite scientists telling us we cannot afford to burn it, and despite economists telling us there's more money and jobs to be made in renewable energy.
So we're planting a forest to soak up the extra greenhouse gases Trump plans to put into our atmosphere.
We're planting a global forest to offset Trump's monumental stupidity.
We need your help.
How it works: an individual or business makes a donation to a local tree planting group indicating that it's in honor of Trump, and then sends the receipt on to the folks at Trump Forest who will track and map the growing "forest."
"We know Trump likes his things: Trump Tower, Trump Golf, Trump Vodka and so on. We thought he might like Trump Forest too," Taylor said in a press statement announcing the launch.
Price said he felt like "we had to do something" to counter "Trump's extremely dangerous incompetence."
"The world's most powerful man doesn't believe in science, and that should be concerning to everyone around the globe," Taylor added.
The Trump Forest website points specifically to the president's executive order last month to roll back the Clean Power Plan, thereby threatening United States' ability to meet the targets set out in the historic Paris climate accord.
Price called such action "completely unacceptable in a modern scientifically literate society. We cannot stand by and watch as he attempts to derail effective action and recent progress."
He and his co-founder hope their initiative can help make up for the damage in terms of greenhouse gas emissions the Clean Power Plan rollback would unleash.
Here's how they explain the science behind their approach:
If the Trump Forest covers an area of 100,000 square kilometers (37,000 square miles), about the size of the U.S. state of Kentucky, it will offset the additional carbon in the atmosphere if the Clean Power Plan is removed.
Then at least, the backward steps of the Trump administration will be negated until a sane, logical government, that bases its decisions on scientific advice wins the next election.
"As the planet heats up towards critical tipping points, we simply can't afford his ignorance," Taylor said.
An Urgent Message From Our Co-Founder
Dear Common Dreams reader, It’s been nearly 30 years since I co-founded Common Dreams with my late wife, Lina Newhouser. We had the radical notion that journalism should serve the public good, not corporate profits. It was clear to us from the outset what it would take to build such a project. No paid advertisements. No corporate sponsors. No millionaire publisher telling us what to think or do. Many people said we wouldn't last a year, but we proved those doubters wrong. Together with a tremendous team of journalists and dedicated staff, we built an independent media outlet free from the constraints of profits and corporate control. Our mission has always been simple: To inform. To inspire. To ignite change for the common good. Building Common Dreams was not easy. Our survival was never guaranteed. When you take on the most powerful forces—Wall Street greed, fossil fuel industry destruction, Big Tech lobbyists, and uber-rich oligarchs who have spent billions upon billions rigging the economy and democracy in their favor—the only bulwark you have is supporters who believe in your work. But here’s the urgent message from me today. It's never been this bad out there. And it's never been this hard to keep us going. At the very moment Common Dreams is most needed, the threats we face are intensifying. We need your support now more than ever. We don't accept corporate advertising and never will. We don't have a paywall because we don't think people should be blocked from critical news based on their ability to pay. Everything we do is funded by the donations of readers like you. When everyone does the little they can afford, we are strong. But if that support retreats or dries up, so do we. Will you donate now to make sure Common Dreams not only survives but thrives? —Craig Brown, Co-founder |
Our work is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0). Feel free to republish and share widely.
Want to help counter President Donald Trump's war on climate action and combat climate change? Help plant Trump Forest.
The brainchaid of climate scientist Dan Price and sustainable cap company founder Adrien Taylor, the Trump Forest initiatve launched last month with a batch of 1,000 trees planted in Christchurch, New Zealand.
The new website lays out the initiative's impetus like this:
U.S. President Donald Trump doesn't believe in the science of human-caused climate change. He wants to ignore one of the greatest threats to healthy life on Earth.
Trump wants to bring back coal despite scientists telling us we cannot afford to burn it, and despite economists telling us there's more money and jobs to be made in renewable energy.
So we're planting a forest to soak up the extra greenhouse gases Trump plans to put into our atmosphere.
We're planting a global forest to offset Trump's monumental stupidity.
We need your help.
How it works: an individual or business makes a donation to a local tree planting group indicating that it's in honor of Trump, and then sends the receipt on to the folks at Trump Forest who will track and map the growing "forest."
"We know Trump likes his things: Trump Tower, Trump Golf, Trump Vodka and so on. We thought he might like Trump Forest too," Taylor said in a press statement announcing the launch.
Price said he felt like "we had to do something" to counter "Trump's extremely dangerous incompetence."
"The world's most powerful man doesn't believe in science, and that should be concerning to everyone around the globe," Taylor added.
The Trump Forest website points specifically to the president's executive order last month to roll back the Clean Power Plan, thereby threatening United States' ability to meet the targets set out in the historic Paris climate accord.
Price called such action "completely unacceptable in a modern scientifically literate society. We cannot stand by and watch as he attempts to derail effective action and recent progress."
He and his co-founder hope their initiative can help make up for the damage in terms of greenhouse gas emissions the Clean Power Plan rollback would unleash.
Here's how they explain the science behind their approach:
If the Trump Forest covers an area of 100,000 square kilometers (37,000 square miles), about the size of the U.S. state of Kentucky, it will offset the additional carbon in the atmosphere if the Clean Power Plan is removed.
Then at least, the backward steps of the Trump administration will be negated until a sane, logical government, that bases its decisions on scientific advice wins the next election.
"As the planet heats up towards critical tipping points, we simply can't afford his ignorance," Taylor said.
Want to help counter President Donald Trump's war on climate action and combat climate change? Help plant Trump Forest.
The brainchaid of climate scientist Dan Price and sustainable cap company founder Adrien Taylor, the Trump Forest initiatve launched last month with a batch of 1,000 trees planted in Christchurch, New Zealand.
The new website lays out the initiative's impetus like this:
U.S. President Donald Trump doesn't believe in the science of human-caused climate change. He wants to ignore one of the greatest threats to healthy life on Earth.
Trump wants to bring back coal despite scientists telling us we cannot afford to burn it, and despite economists telling us there's more money and jobs to be made in renewable energy.
So we're planting a forest to soak up the extra greenhouse gases Trump plans to put into our atmosphere.
We're planting a global forest to offset Trump's monumental stupidity.
We need your help.
How it works: an individual or business makes a donation to a local tree planting group indicating that it's in honor of Trump, and then sends the receipt on to the folks at Trump Forest who will track and map the growing "forest."
"We know Trump likes his things: Trump Tower, Trump Golf, Trump Vodka and so on. We thought he might like Trump Forest too," Taylor said in a press statement announcing the launch.
Price said he felt like "we had to do something" to counter "Trump's extremely dangerous incompetence."
"The world's most powerful man doesn't believe in science, and that should be concerning to everyone around the globe," Taylor added.
The Trump Forest website points specifically to the president's executive order last month to roll back the Clean Power Plan, thereby threatening United States' ability to meet the targets set out in the historic Paris climate accord.
Price called such action "completely unacceptable in a modern scientifically literate society. We cannot stand by and watch as he attempts to derail effective action and recent progress."
He and his co-founder hope their initiative can help make up for the damage in terms of greenhouse gas emissions the Clean Power Plan rollback would unleash.
Here's how they explain the science behind their approach:
If the Trump Forest covers an area of 100,000 square kilometers (37,000 square miles), about the size of the U.S. state of Kentucky, it will offset the additional carbon in the atmosphere if the Clean Power Plan is removed.
Then at least, the backward steps of the Trump administration will be negated until a sane, logical government, that bases its decisions on scientific advice wins the next election.
"As the planet heats up towards critical tipping points, we simply can't afford his ignorance," Taylor said.
We've had enough. The 1% own and operate the corporate media. They are doing everything they can to defend the status quo, squash dissent and protect the wealthy and the powerful. The Common Dreams media model is different. We cover the news that matters to the 99%. Our mission? To inform. To inspire. To ignite change for the common good. How? Nonprofit. Independent. Reader-supported. Free to read. Free to republish. Free to share. With no advertising. No paywalls. No selling of your data. Thousands of small donations fund our newsroom and allow us to continue publishing. Can you chip in? We can't do it without you. Thank you.