Sports are usually the way that countries compete with one another. However, there is another way countries around the world are competing for the top spot: planting the most trees. The latest winner of that contest is Ethiopia. On July 29 the Associated Press reported that Ethiopians planted more than 200 million trees. The country is currently in the middle of a massive tree-planting campaign. It aims to plant 4 billion trees between May and October of this year. That is very good news for our planet. Planting more trees may be a way to reduce the effects of global warming. Scientists from Switzerland recently said that if the world plants 1 trillion trees, carbon dioxide, or CO2, emissions could drop by 25 percent.
Title: When Countries Compete, Earth Wins Big
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3524/co2.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='When Countries Compete, Earth Wins Big' data-article-id='4004'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='6083'>Sports are usually the way that countries compete with one another.</span> <span data-start-time='6083' data-end-time='13229'>However, there is another way countries around the world are competing for the top spot:</span> <span data-start-time='13229' data-end-time='17188'>planting the most trees.</span> <span data-start-time='17188' data-end-time='22583'>The latest winner of that contest is Ethiopia.</span> <span data-start-time='22583' data-end-time='32375'>On July 29 the Associated Press reported that Ethiopians planted more than 200 million trees.</span> <span data-start-time='32375' data-end-time='39167'>The country is currently in the middle of a massive tree-planting campaign.</span> <span data-start-time='39167' data-end-time='46646'>It aims to plant 4 billion trees between May and October of this year.</span> <span data-start-time='46646' data-end-time='51104'>That is very good news for our planet.</span> <span data-start-time='51104' data-end-time='57479'>Planting more trees may be a way to reduce the effects of global warming.</span> <span data-start-time='57479' data-end-time='71917'>Scientists from Switzerland recently said that if the world plants 1 trillion trees, carbon dioxide, or CO2, emissions could drop by 25 percent.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' 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