Was it Reagan who said that trees caused global warming? Along similar lines, the US Government has started a scheme for farmers and foresters to track their CO2 emmissions and any sequestration they might also do. As pointed out, it’s a con, because Monty Burns can claim that he’d be belching smog out of a coal fired power station if he weren’t running a nuclear plant and get Brownie Points for it.
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