Soot is a Major Factor in Global Warming

Soot from burning wood and fossil fuels not only harms the health of humans, it is harming our planet as well.

Soot, also called black carbon, is a major factor in global warming, concludes Stanford’s Mark Z. Jacobson, leader of the university’s Atmosphere and Energy program and a professor of civil and environmental engineering. See his recent report in the Journal of Geophysical Research here, or read David Perlman’s San Francisco Chronicle story about Jacobson’s finding’s here.

Everyone Deserves to Breathe Clean Air

Julie Mellum, president of Take Back the Air, reminds us, “Everyone deserves to breathe clean air as often as possible—not just when the smog is so bad that there is no alternative but to ban the huge source of fine particulate pollution that caused the elevated smog levels in the first place.” Read more here.

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