Michigan State earns climate scam honor!

[Magic Johnson must be so proud]

(Media-Newswire.com) - EAST LANSING, Mich. — A Michigan State University carbon accounting system aimed at helping some of the world's poorest people grow trees that will boost their standards of living and slow climate change has been deemed outstanding for the last five years by one of its international funders.

Called Carbon2Markets, the program includes collaborative projects with farmers, researchers and government agencies in five developing Asian and African countries. MSU researchers help the farmer groups integrate high-value forest crops, such as jatropha or shea, into the crops they're currently growing using methods that are smart and sustainable. Then the farmers use standards created by MSU experts to accurately measure and record the carbon stored in the soil by the trees. Storing carbon in the soil keeps it out of the atmosphere, which helps slow global warming.

The Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research board unanimously honored the Carbon2Markets program as outstanding.