It’s June 27th, I’m Gina Telaroli and this is TakePart.com’s look at the week in social action
It’s June 27th, I’m Gina Telaroli and this is TakePart.com’s look at the week in social action
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The New York Times has compiled an interesting interactive map which shows carbon emissions state by state, also subdivided by type of emissions, which makes it clear that it’s difficult for all fifty states to agree on one way to cap emissions.
For example, California is in the top five polluters for the areas of industrial, transportation, commercial and residential pollution, but not for electric. Meanwhile, Illinois is in the top five only for industrial. So while Illinois may propose emissions standards for anything other than, say, coal or manufacturing, California would counter with standards only for power companies.
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