Huffington Post: James Cameron, Environmental Group To Plant One Million Trees, Half In Haiti
Earth Day Network is enlisting groups in 15 countries to plant 1 million trees this year with "Avatar" movie director James Cameron and Twentieth Century Fox.
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In the U.S., trees will be planted in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles to improve air quality and urban animal habitats.
Tree plantings in such places as Mexico, Canada and Spain will be focused on reforestation of depleted areas.
Other efforts tie in with both development and environmental improvements. In Haiti, the U.S.-based Trees for the Future will work with farmers to plant about 500,000 fruit trees and other native species to provide economic benefits. That makes Haiti one of the largest sites.
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The GOP has a few unscrupulous political bullying tactics to prevail, either by gaining public opinion or convincing Democrats to pre-compromise followed by one-sided "bipartisianship." One is the fear card based on racism/sexism/lies, whatever suits its whims. The GOP can't use the fear card with climate change because the reality of impacts is frightening. You can imagine the ads we would see if the GOP supported climate change and the Democrats opposed. The horror of impacts happening now and projected to occur are worse than any lies the GOP typically use on issues to scare and shock Americans into supporting their positions.
This week in The New Republic, Richard Florida 