Superstar singer and songwriter Carole King has used her rock and roll fame to fight for environmental action.
In a passionate op-ed article in The New York Times Friday, King called for President Biden to stop logging in the nation's national forests. Dispelling the myth of rock-star self-indulgence, King wrote with the emotive power of her long string of hits.
The Inflation Reduction Act's programs to promote the growth of trees and protect private and public forests include a survey of the country's old-growth forests, to be completed by next April.
King argued that the country can't wait that long, calling for Biden to immediately ban logging on national forests. Decrying the loss of trees and the environmental damage from logging operations, she pointed out that forests in storing carbon are a natural defense against climate change.
Such an exective order would undoubtedly bring Biden condemnation from the GOP. But King makes a convincing case that preservation of the national forests is urgent.
King in the article recalls how she fled the hedonistic Los Angeles lifestyle to live in rural Idaho. At age 80, with a deep reverence for the environment, she's fighting to preserve the national forests for future generations.
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