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Trump signs order backing 1 Trillion Trees effort

By Abby Smith
Published October 13, 2020 5:30pm ET
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Trump signs order backing 1 Trillion Trees effort
In this April 23, 2018 photo, first lady Melania Trump, second from right, and Brigitte Macron, second from left, watch as President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron participate in a tree planting ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. | (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

President Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday to make his pledge to help plant, restore, and conserve a trillion trees a reality.

The executive order puts some federal government muscle behind Trump’s announcement in January that the United States would help plant a trillion trees as part of a World Economic Forum initiative designed to address climate change.

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