Reducing Your Carbon Footprint Can Make a Big Difference

“Individuals are facing more societal pressure to take action on climate change as inaction on the matter persists among governments,” Axios reports.

“Rare, a nonprofit focused on conservation and behavioral change, recently sought to quantify the aggregate impact voluntary, individual steps to cut emissions could have. The group concluded that if approximately 10% of the U.S. population adopted seven behavioral changes — including reducing air travel and purchasing an electric car — it could cut total domestic emissions by 8% within the next six years.”

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