and this is his mantra. we can get real on coal, cars, cash and trees. now coal, cars and cash remain difficult, pressing issues. but trees, you d think they are more straightforward. we know trees absorb carbon dioxide, which is one of the gases that causes climate change, and there are lots of plans to plant more of them. this was donald trump back in 2020. today, i am pleased to announce the united states willjoin 1 trillion trees initiative, being launched here at the world economic forum. 1 trillion trees. and if that s the us, we ve seen other big pledges ethiopia plans to plant 20 billion trees by 2022, china says it will plant 36,000 square kilometres of new forest every year by 2025, and pakistan wants to plant ten billion trees by 2023. but is tree planting really this rare thing, a good idea without a catch? to many, it s not that straightforward. this is dr bonnie waring. we cannot plant our way out of the carbon crisis with business as usual emission scenarios.
china and america aren t among them. and planting trees is often seen as helpful when it comes to climate change, but how impactful is it? i ll look at why it s concerning some experts. owen paterson has decided to resign as the conservative mp for north shropshire. in a statement, he said. these are the events that led to his decision and to a frantic 2a hours. this is owen paterson. he s a conservative mp. he also receives around £100,000 to work for two companies. that s allowed under parliamentary rules. but mr paterson didn t stick to all of the rules. an investigation by the independent standards committee found that mr paterson had repeatedly lobbied ministers and officials on behalf of those two companies. its report says the committee found that mr paterson s actions were an egregious case of paid advocacy , that he repeatedly used his privileged position to benefit two companies for whom he was a paid consultant . it recommended a suspension of 30 sitting days in
bert: i would like you to read the prologue from the book, for later discussion. jeremy: my pleasure. i shall begin. just before 9:30 p.m. central time, in 1955, a handsome townhouse on chicago s south side, owens sat back in a straight back chair. he slipped back his hair, what was left of it. he put finishing touches on what had been an all day job, rewiring his old home. in a few minutes, he would be talking live on tv about his celebrity. more than 20 million americans watched as he spoke from a studio in new york, first with owens and his family, and then leonard bernstein. the 42-year-old father of three, jesse owens wade 25 pounds more than he did in 1936, when he turned in the most indelible performance to the olympic games. conservative jacket, flannel slacks, white shirt, and dark tie, he could have passed for a 50-year-old. not that he was not in good shape. he was, a few months earlier he only less0 yards, than one second than his personal best. he held the person
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