Booker's legislation would encourage tree-planting, sustainable agriculture and other 'nature-based' strategies to address climate change
Sen. Cory Booker on Thursday unveiled draft legislation to encourage tree-planting, sustainable agriculture and other "nature-based" strategies to address climate change.
The legislation, which will be formally introduced once the Senate returns in September, does not propose any sources of revenue or budget cuts to offset the new spending. Booker's staff argued it would ultimately pay for itself in avoided damage from climate change that the government would have to pay for.
Booker’s bill calls for planting 4 billion trees across the country by 2030 and 15 billion by 2050, including 100 million in urban communities with particular attention given to low-income and communities of color. . Over the course of their lifetimes, the trees would sequester an estimated over 13 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide, which is equal to more than two years of current domestic greenhouse gas emissions.
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