This kind of messaging is extremely deceptive and even harmful.

Fossil fuel production is expanding. Global pollution is increasing. Natural carbon capture puts a minor dent in the problem, but only if we stop using fossil fuels entirely. As long as conservatives and their fossil fuel benefactors are alive, that cannot happen.

Messaging about how trees will help only serves the fossil fuel execs who will use that message to placate everyone. We need to stop talking about how trees can help and start moving aggressively and forcefully toward removing fossil fuels from the global market.