On washington journal. Republican of arkansas in the member of Natural Resources committee in the house. Also a supporter of was being called the trees act. An effort that was made more public by President Trump supported at the dominos World Economic forum. What does this act propose. This is an act, to put the tree across the globe. By 2050. Trees. Trillion it is a whole lot more though, our biggest full that we have, as far as mitigating climate issues, and will meet utilize those for us and keep from sustainable and working in active, really have the best tool that is out there that is widespread, natural and is very economical to have this carbon atmosphere from the forest. You come to us as a forrester yourself. The only graduate of yale, with the master of four street there. This mustve been sort of like music to your ears when you heard the president getting behind this effort. It. It is something that is near and dear to me. If you look at the planet, theres about treat 3 tril
One speaker short for this panel. Dr. Raymond callahan due to circumstances beyond his control could not be with us today so were sorry that we are missing him today, but, you know, his friends here in new orleans are certainly thinking about him. To lead this session, we have called on one of the most distinguished military historians that were very fortunate to have right up the road here at the university of new orleans, dr. Allan millett. His career has not only filled he hasokshelves, but also fill the ranks of military history phds by overseeing the most doctoral candidates of anyone in the country. Its hard not to find one of his students around. To talk about one of the most important battles in june of 1944 and the war as a whole, its my pleasure to call on dr. Dr. Alan millett and Hiroyuki Shindo to discuss the battle in the chinaburmaindia theater. With that, allan, its all yours. [applause] prof. Millett im a pale substitute for ray callahan, i can assure you, when i wrote
Called the trillion trees act,s an effort that was made more um public by president trumps support of that at the davos World Economic forum. Tell us, congressman, what does this act propose . Well, this is an act that does just what it says, plant trees across the globe by 2050, for the u. S. To do our share oft that. Lott s a whole more, though. Our biggest tool that we have are forestsnd kee as far as mitg climate issues. When we utilize those forests and keep them sustainable and working and active, we royal have the best tool thats out there thats widespread, its natural, and its very economical to sequester carbon out of the atmosphere with fr forests. You come to this as a forester yourself, the only one in congress, a graduate of yale, a masters in forestry there. This must have been music to your ears when you heard the president getting behind this re effort. Yeah,is abo its something t near and dear too me. If you look at the planet, takn theres 3 billion tree the in the pla
Them sustainable and working and active, we really have the best tool that is out there that is widespread, its natural, and it is very economical to sequester carbon out of the atmosphere. You come to this as a forester yourself, the only one in congress, graduate of yale, master of forestry there must have been music to your ears when you heard the president getting behind this. Its near and dear to me. Look at the planet theres 3 trillion trees on the planet. We have 300 billion of them here in the u. S. And we do a good job of taking care of our forests here. We can always do better and thats part of what is in the bill. Not only to plant a lot of trees but also to take care of the forests we have. And then the neat thing about trees is they produce wood, which by its raw weight is 50 pure carbon so when we harvest a tree and make a product the car been says in wood for as long as the structure is there. This table, part of the wood, you see wood around the studio here, that carbon
One speaker short for this panel. Dr. Raymond callahan due to circumstances beyond his control could not be with us today, so were sorry that we are missing him today, but, you know, his friends here in new orleans are certainly thinking about him. To lead this session, we have called on one of the most distinguished military historians that were very fortunate to have right up the road here at the university of new orleans, dr. Allan millett. His career has not only filled many bookshelves, but he has also fill the ranks of military history phds by overseeing the most doctoral candidates of anyone in the country. Its hard not to find one of his students around. To talk about one of the most important battles in june of 1944 and the war as a whole, its my pleasure to call on dr. Alan millett and Hiroyuki Shindo to discuss the battle. With that, allan, its all yours. [applause] prof. Millett im a pale substitute for ray callahan, i can assure you. When i wrote about the berma campaign i