If indeed the goal of the first bill, which is to end all leasing, were to come into fruition, or at least allow litigation to make sure tha...
Did you know the oldest structures on Earth are wooden structures.
I want to stress again that this is not just a carbon sequestration bill, it is a carbon emission reduction bill.
I wish we had longer to have that conversation.
I will take all I can get.
The No. 1 reason for deforestation in the United States? It is development.
Sustainability is keeping something at a level or better than you found it in the past to get on to future generations.
I have never said we don't need to reduce carbon emissions, and this bill actually focuses on reducing carbon emissions and sequestering car...
The answer is trees. Unequivocally, the most pragmatic, proactive, economical, and large-scale solution to reducing atmospheric carbon level...
Americans want Congress to act. According to the Pew Research Center, most Americans currently list the environment as one of the top policy...
It is wonderful that when you try to satisfy special interest groups, you can't satisfy them all without actually destroying all of them at ...
the actual emissions are decreasing in the same time period.
As long as it is solid, the carbon is there. It is the best carbon storage mechanism that we know of.
No, and I challenge anybody in the room or outside the room to tell me a better way to get the existing carbon that is in the atmosphere at ...
Not hardly. I consider planting trees and taking care and being good stewards of the forests that we have sound environmental stewardship.
Despite public misconception, the United States leads the world in reducing emissions while we are growing our economy.
My legislation represents a pragmatic, science-based first step in addressing global carbon emissions, emphasizing natural carbon sequestrat...
I am sure this is going to be a fascinating--another series of ongoing hearings, first on climate change.