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WHEN IT COMES TO REDUCING CARBON EMISSIONS, IT’S EASY TO TALK THE TALK.  BUT WALKING THE WALK CAN BE CHALLENGING. LEARN WHY YOUR EFFORT MATTERS ON TODAY’S ENVIRONMINUTE.

ACCORDING TO A REPORT BY THE UK ENERGY RESEARCH CENTRE, MANY PEOPLE PLACE THE ONUS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION ON NATIONAL AND GLOBAL INSTITUTIONS.  YET EVEN THOUGH OUR INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS MAY SEEM INSIGNIFICANT, THE NUMBERS SAY OTHERWISE.

ONLY FIVE PERCENT OF THE WORLD’S POPULATION LIVES IN THE U.S., BUT EACH AMERICAN EMITS AN AVERAGE OF TWENTY TONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE ANNUALLY.  THAT ADDS UP TO A WHOPPING TWENTY-THREE PRECENT OF GLOBAL CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS.

SOUND OVERWHELMING?  WELL, JUST REMEMBER THAT IT WORKS BOTH WAYS - SMALL EFFORTS TO SAVE ENERGY AND TO DRIVE LESS MAY SEEM LIKE DROPS IN the BUCKET, BUT THEY CAN ADD UP TO A SEA OF CHANGE.

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