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    Midnight@slrpnk.net to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net · 12 days ago

    A forest the size of North America would be needed to offset Big Oil’s reserves, study finds

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    A forest the size of North America would be needed to offset Big Oil’s reserves, study finds

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    Midnight@slrpnk.net to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net · 12 days ago
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    A forest the size of North America would be needed to offset Big Oil's reserves, study finds
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    It would take more than 9.5 million square miles of trees to offset the emissions of the world’s 200 largest fossil fuel companies, according to new research.
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      So, what’s the problem? Burn the USA to the ground and plant a forest in its place.

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        Thanks for the sensible idea.

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        Canada and Mexico are also in North America so that’s a problem

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