In 2010 the California legislature ordered a report on forest management. The resulting report showed that the prohibitions on forest harvesting resulted in increased fires and trees being killed by increased disease and insects. Forbes - Wildfires caused by bad environmental policy are causing California to be net CO2 emitters.
Well lets ask a question. If Gavin Newsom knew that the forests were at risk for increased fires (regardless of whether or not he thought the cause was global warming) then why didn't he increase the focus on forest management and allow for more forest harvesting? If Newsom and Cuomo believe the oceans are going to rise, why aren't they investing in programs to protect the coastal areas?
So what is Trump doing about it? His administration is proposing a billion dollar plan to improve forest management in California, which incidentally will decrease CO2 emissions. Breitbart - Newsom takes Trump's advice : Agrees to 1 billion dollar forest management plan to prevent wildfires.
So why has it taken so long to decide on managing California's forests? Let's talk about CO2. In 2016 China was the top emitter producing almost 1/3rd of the worlds manmade CO2 and doubling that produced in the United States. The total CO2 emissions were estimated at almost 36 million tons. At the same time, China planned to build over a thousand new coal powered electrical generating plants and doubling their CO2 emissions. Once completed, China will produce over half of the worlds CO2. At the same time, the United States and the western world have been reducing their CO2 emissions. This means ALL of our efforts to reduce emissions is meaningless. Why isn't Newsom talking about this? Why isn't Biden talking about this? Why isn't AOC discussing this? She thinks we will all be dead in ten years if America doesn't stop eating meat and using plastic straws and doesn't discuss China at all.
