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Some Bay Area residents have given up flying to help reduce emissions
Ariella Granett poses for a portrait along the Berkeley Marina on June 16. Granett is a Berkeley resident who co-founded Flight Free USA and has not flown since 2019 in an effort to reduce her carbon footprint. Jessica Christian/The Chronicle

When Ariella Granett asked her seventh-grade son how his day went at school, his response changed her life.

“Mom, the world is ending,” he said. “The world is burning.”

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