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Stop Planting Trees, Says Guy Who Inspired World to Plant a Trillion Trees (www.wired.com)

submitted 11 months ago by Five@slrpnk.net to c/environment

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[–] bermuda 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

“This highlights global tree restoration as our most effective climate change solution to date,” the study said. Crowther subsequently gave dozens of interviews to that effect.

Crowther, who says his message was misinterpreted

I can't be assed to listen to a podcast right now, and the article didn't really say anything about it but now I'm just curious if he ever bothered to correct it in those "dozens of interviews" he gave. You'd think that after the 12th interview it would be hard to misinterpret a message unless your original message didn't have that correct interpretation to begin with.

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 4 points 11 months ago

Oh I'm sure it was no accident. He believed he had solved the world's problems, but forgot to carry the 1. Now he's back tracking

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