Scientists call for a tree planting drive to help tackle heat waves

End0fLine, 8 months ago

I would like to see more, but, at least in the US, they are getting started on doing this.

Announcement found here

I live in Texas and there are so many small towns that seemed to have forgotten trees exist outside of the trees planted in a private yard. I have only lived in Dallas as far as bigger cities go, but the trees are mostly located in the richer/older neighborhoods. Trees planted next to the curb and cared for by the city are almost non-existent.

ripcord, 8 months ago

Trees and other plants are also, you know, excellent carbon capture systems.

roldyclark, 8 months ago

So I got in an argument with a friend who thinks govt is useless. This is exactly the kind of source I’ve been looking for. Where do you keep up with official announcements like this?

readbeanicecream, 8 months ago

@roldyclark @End0fLine

RSS is good place to start: https://www.usda.gov/rss/latest-releases.xml

roldyclark, 8 months ago

Nice. Brb gonna build a rss feed of all govt websites

readbeanicecream, 8 months ago

@roldyclark @End0fLine Well, if you are interested in the US gov't:

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roldyclark, 8 months ago

Wow. You should publish this!

End0fLine, 8 months ago

I have a particular interest in the heat-island effect so this kind of stuff is always on my radar. This one specifically however I stumbled upon by chance.

As for your friend, I don’t know if it is only a change once I got older, but you will almost never be able to change your friend’s mind. I’ve had conversations along those lines with libertarians many times and there is a distinct lack of logic when discussing government. It’s not worth your time. I may be a bit exhausted by politics after the last eight years.

roldyclark, 8 months ago

Yeah you’re right. It’s an emotional thing that I won’t be able to argue against unfortunately.

Itty53, 8 months ago

This is important for managing heat on a human level in cities. So I'm not saying this is stupid.

But don't get this twisted: This is useless for addressing the climate change problem. It's not even a bandaid on a stab wound, this is equivalent to offering someone bleeding out a glass of warm water and fanning them with a brochure about new plastic doodads. A trillion trees planted tomorrow wouldn't even be a pebble on the pavement to that SUV flying down the fiery freeway.

stopthatgirl7, 8 months ago

I really hope more cities do this.