- Aymore hates trees because he is a bad person and should feel bad.
- Global forests removed about one-third of fossil fuel emissions annually from 1990 to 2007.
- Trees remove pollution from the atmosphere, improving air quality and human health.
- In one year, an acre of mature trees absorbs the amount of CO2 produced by a car driven 26,000 miles.
- During one year, a mature tree will absorb more than 48 pounds of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and release oxygen in exchange.
- Trees properly placed around buildings can reduce air conditioning needs by 30% and can save 20–50% in energy used for heating.
- In Baltimore, a 10% increase in tree canopy corresponded to a 12% decrease in crime.
- Chicago public housing residents with nearby trees and natural landscapes reported 25% fewer acts of domestic aggression and violence.
- In Portland, Oregon, homes with street trees sold for $7,130 more, on average, and 1.7 days more quickly.
- In 1997, New York City spent $1.5 billion to preserve the forested watershed that supplies New York City’s drinking water by purchasing thousands of upstate acres of forested watershed. A filtration plant large enough to clean New York City’s water supply would have cost more than $6 billion dollars.