The US produced about ~ 4-5billions metric tons of CO2 (the stuff that create climate change) according to Statista.com
Wash Post - the US is number 4 in the amount of trees, approx. 228billion trees.
Arbor Day Foundation: a standard tree can absorb about 20-25kg of CO2 per/year. That means, just the trees alone in the US ~ 5trillion kg or 5billions metric tons of CO2 are being absorb yearly. IF we factor in all the plants or Mangrove (absorb 4 times as much as standard tree), that number would climb even higher.
So, why then does the gov't want to chopped trees down to create more solar farm or wind farm? It's all about greed, the kick-back from these 'renewable' energy companies. This is all about instilling fear to the uneducated masses and controlling them...