{"id":5084,"date":"2018-01-08T15:04:53","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T20:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecooptimism.com\/?p=5084"},"modified":"2018-01-08T15:04:53","modified_gmt":"2018-01-08T20:04:53","slug":"the-distillery-november-17-2017-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecooptimism.com\/?p=5084","title":{"rendered":"The Distillery: January 6, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We can all use some positive news these days, especially on the environmental front in which science is considered evil, denial is an alternative fact and the EPA is now what I\u2019m calling the Environmental Destruction Agency. And while I don\u2019t want to gloss over the issues \u2013 there isn\u2019t enough paint in the world to do that \u2013 I offer here The Distillery, a weekly (or thereabouts) selection of posts to help offset the PTSD of our current nightmare.<\/span><\/p>\n

The posts I pick will be \u201creal\u201d in the sense that they aren\u2019t pie-in-the-sky wishful thinking, as fun as those can be, but are evidence of EcoOptimism.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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For the new year, let\u2019s celebrate some renewal \u2013 in the form of reforestation. You probably knew that trees are one of the best methods of reducing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. (Other than not putting it there in the first place.) Though it\u2019s not all good news, here are some posts illustrating just how effective they can be.<\/p>\n

From Yale Environment 360:<\/span><\/strong>
\nOctober 17, 2017<\/p>\n

“Regreening the Planet Could Account for One-Third of Climate Mitigation”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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photo: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 CIFOR<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

EcoOptimism’s take: <\/span>A Treehugger.com post on the same report put a different spin on it \u201cRestoring nature is climate equivalent of stopping burning oil.<\/a>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n


\nBut just to make sure our EcoOptimism is not blind to reality\u2026.<\/span><\/p>\n

From Earther:<\/span><\/strong>
\nSeptember 19, 2017<\/p>\n

“But\u2026 Tropical Forests Now Have a Serious Carbon Footprint Problem”<\/a><\/p>\n

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Photo: Climate Action<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

EcoOptimism’s take: <\/span>All this tells us is that it\u2019s even more important to maintain or, better yet, increase the size of forests and rain forests in particular.<\/span><\/p>\n

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