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Michelle Wu: it is my recollection that Lyndon Johnson paid a great deal of attention to trees in Texas and their positive and…

On the recordAugust 4, 2007
it is my recollection that Lyndon Johnson paid a great deal of attention to trees in Texas and their positive and detrimental nature at times. It has come to my attention, through my public and private activities in the Pacific Northwest, that we have a tremendous number of trees, some of which are dying of disease and insect infestation, and those trees become a threat to our healthy forests. It was the intent of this author to try to have a win-win by generating energy from dead and dying trees which are otherwise a threat to the healthy forests which remain.
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Michelle Wu
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Discussing the impact of dying trees on forests and energy generation from them.

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