Clean🧼 & Green🌿

CHANGE MATTERS written by Alexis McCarthy The good news: There has been an overall long-term decreasing trend in industry Green House Gas emissions since 2011, primarily driven by a decrease in emissions from power plants. Understanding the rest:

• Power plants were the largest stationary source of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, with 1,326 facilities reporting approximately 1.6 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions. While reported power plant emissions increased by 6.3% between 2020 and 2021, they have fallen 28.5% since 2011, reflecting the long-term shifts in power sector fuel-stock from coal to natural gas.

• Petroleum and natural gas systems were the second largest stationary source of emissions, reporting 312 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions. Reported emissions for 2021 were 0.7% lower than in 2020, but 12.8% higher than 2016. (2016 is the earliest year of comparable data for this sector, as new industry segments began reporting that year.)

• Reported direct emissions from other large sources in the industrial and waste sectors were a combined 807 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions in 2021, up 1.8% from 2020, and down 7.7% since 2011.

(More than 8,100 industrial facilities reported greenhouse gas emissions in 2021 to EPA. The data show for 2021) Learn Innovations, Innovators, Thought Leaders, Changemakers, New Ideas, New Frontiers AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY SDG 7

• Free electricity?

• Cleaner lithium extraction

• China building the world's largest wind farm

INDUSTRY INNOVATION & INFRASTRUCTURE SDG 8, 9 & 11

• Paraquat- banned the world over and allowed in the US

• Refrigerant-recover, reclaim, reuse and cap leaks

• Greenwashing fines are real

RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION & PRODUCTION SDG 12

• Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

EQUITYSDG 5&10

• Amazon-$53 mio to female climate tech entrepreneurs

• Landback-returning tribal lands

• Cherokee meat company

• Veteran black explorer

• Sierra Club- Ben Jealous first person of color to executive director

• Reclaiming native truth project

CLIMATE ACTION SDG 13, 14 &15

• America the beautiful grants

• Nature positive roadmap

• 90% of US counties hit in the last 11 years

• Climate disinformation

• Presidents protecting the environment-some may surprise you!

• US backs nature based solutions

• Fossil Fuel - behind the scenes effort to block wind turbine development

INNOVATORS

• Kids-giving kids advice on climate change actions and coping

Act November- If you haven't scheduled an energy audit for your home, this is a great time to do it. There are rebates out there that make the cost about the same as a week's worth of designer coffee. The difference is after the coffee you are wound up and after the audit you can calm down and save money. Keep the actions simple and achievable and you will be on your way to helping make the planet a cleaner, safer place for us all. SHARE YOUR STORIES WITH ME Get in Touch If I can help you or your organization, get in touch. I would love to connect. Best, Alexis