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Forest Service says trees can slow climate change
AP on Yahoo ^
| 11/18/09
| Matthew Daly - ap
Posted on 11/18/2009 12:36:35 PM PST by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON – The nation's top Forest Service official says national forests can store more carbon to slow global warming, but he warns that such a goal must be balanced against the risk of catastrophic wildfires.
Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell told a Senate panel on Wednesday that his agency is trying to manage forests to combat climate change while still easing the risk of wildfires.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: climatechange; environment; forestservice; globalwarming; slow; trees
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To: SnakeDoctor
I thought the same thing.
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11/18/2009 1:45:20 PM PST
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tiki
(True Christians will not deliberately slander or misrepresent others or their beliefs)
To: Blueflag
How could nature be so wrong? If only the brainiacs in Washington can change it and make everything right>S<
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11/18/2009 1:48:21 PM PST
by
tiki
(True Christians will not deliberately slander or misrepresent others or their beliefs)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
11/18/2009 3:25:06 PM PST
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Copernicus
(California Grandmother view on Gun Control http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=7CCB40F421ED4819)
To: NormsRevenge
CO2 is plant food.
More CO2, more plants.
More plants, less CO2.
Funny, the Earth will solve these problems itself if you just let it.
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11/18/2009 5:02:52 PM PST
by
ctdonath2
(End the coup!)
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