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/PRNewswire/ -- Not everyone needs to be a vegan to help combat climate change, but reducing meat consumption is both good for the planet and good for...

BATON ROUGE, La. - Louisiana has joined the United Nation's international campaign to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to zero.

If you live in a crowded urban center, all you really have to do is peek outside in the morning to confirm how polluted the air you’re breathing is. But even if you don’t live in a perpetual cloud of smog, that doesn’t necessarily mean the air you’re breathing is clean, which is why this $12 air quality sensor from Ikea might not be a bad idea.

2 in the 20-year near term. It accounts for a quarter of anthropogenic global warming we’re experiencing today, and it’s rising alarmingly fast. This month the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released new data showing methane emissions surged in 2020 by the largest jump since measurements began in 1983. The Biden administration has a strong early track record on methane, including a pending announcement on methane emissions reduction targets for the fossil fuel industry, 90 percent proposed methane emissions reduction by 2030 for oil and gas in the CLEAN Future Act...

The Fossil Fuel Industry Is Racist Photo: David McNew (Getty Images) There’s a scientific consensus that coal, oil, and gas are frying the planet and will have to be phased out completely to secure a livable future. It’s also clear that each of the three fossil-based energy sources creates deadly, toxic pollution, providing yet another reason to retire the industry. A new report—released by Greenpeace, the Movement for Black Lives, and Gulf Coast Center for Law and Policy on Tuesday morning—argues there’s a third reason we must wind down the fossil fuel economy: It’s racist.