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Electric Vehicles

EVs are one of the main individual-scale ways to combat climate change. ICE cars are very inefficient, only using about 20% of the energy potential of the gas they burn.
February 9, 2024

Exxon

Exxon Mobil is somewhere between the second and fourth largest oil producer in the world.
February 9, 2024

Germany

Germany is currently the world's eleventh largest emitter of greenhouse gasses. In 2022 it accounted for 1.46% of all global emissions.
February 9, 2024

India

India is currently the world's third largest emitter of greenhouse gasses. In 2022 it accounted for 7.33% of all global emissions.
February 9, 2024

Indonesia

Indonesia is currently the world's sixth largest emitter of greenhouse gasses. In 2022 it accounted for 2.31% of all global emissions.
February 9, 2024

International Shipping

International shipping accounts for about 1.7% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
February 23, 2024

IRA

The Inflation Reduction Act, or IRA for short, is the largest piece of climate legislation in US national history.
February 9, 2024

Iran

Iran is currently the world's eighth largest emitter of greenhouse gasses. In 2022 it accounted for 1.77% of all global emissions.
February 9, 2024

Japan

Japan is currently the world's seventh largest emitter of greenhouse gasses. In 2022 it accounted for 2.20% of all global emissions.
February 9, 2024

Methane

Methane is a greenhouse gas with a warming effect 80 times greater than that of carbon dioxide, or CO2.
January 14, 2024

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