What can I do about climate change right now? - Los Angeles Times
What can I do about climate change right now? - Los Angeles Times
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Governments and institutions have to do the heavy lifting, but you can do your part. Cut back on plastics. Compost. Go car-less. Educate yourself. Embrace sustainable design. Get creative with your recycling; that stuff in your blue bin might have a second (or third) life — as a pizza box or a toy. Should you buy an electric car? Solar panels? Will California’s efforts to adapt to climate change move the needle? Our experts have answers.
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What began as a theory in the 1890s — that industrial emissions of carbon dioxide could increase global temperatures — had progressed to a scientific fact a century later. Scientists across a range of disciplines are studying the impact of the still-growing concentration of carbon dioxide and other so-called “greenhouse gases” in the atmosphere as they call for industrial and governmental policies to slow, then halt, the warming of the planet.