The Climate Center just released its Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Report for Sonoma County for 2014. The report calculates GHG emissions from major sectors to reveal trends that demonstrate progress toward the County’s goals. The report shows us that in 2014, Sonoma County produced about 3.6 million tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This is … Read more
When we hear about abnormally hot weather, we think of heat waves. In Chicago in 1995, the heat index hit 120 for three days in a row, killing hundreds of elderly people. In France, thousands of people died during seven days of severe heat in 2003. Those events are awful for their destructive force, but … Read more
Your 747 is going down. There are no parachutes. Do you A) run into the cockpit, push the unconscious pilot to the side, and try to save the day, or B) accumulate as many seat cushions as possible and prepare for impact? In the climate change world, Option A is reducing greenhouse gases to prevent … Read more
