How many trees does it take to offset U.S. CO2 emissions?
The answer? Almost 467 billion! I was looking through the EPA’s Inventory of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks (yes, I peruse reports like that out of pure interest; what of it?) and […]
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How is Rainforest Loss Really Contributing to Climate Change?
I recently read an article saying that Amazon rainforest deforestation between 2000 and 2010 totaled nearly 93,000 square miles, or an area approximately the size of the United Kingdom. Statistics like these are […]
