“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world.” Margaret Mead
Last month, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its AR6 Synthesis Report, which outlines the key takeaways from the vast body of scientific research on climate change with the goal of spurring policy makers to take swift action to unleash funding and regulation...
As a global society, we can’t just think of carbon neutral as the goal. We need to draw down emissions already released in order to keep the planet at or below a 1.5 degree temperature increase above pre-industrial levels.
Modern gas and electric cook stoves that we use every day in the U.S. weren't popular until the 1900s. Before that, people cooked with kerosene, coal, and biomass (wood, crop waste, etc). Across the globe, 2.6 billion people still do, resulting in nearly 1 billion metric tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions annually.