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For the last 4-5 years, at the end of the year, I’ve been offsetting our household’s carbon emissions. It’s easy and not too expensive. In fact, it’s so easy that I started doing this before doing much on my own emissions, which is what you aren’t supposed to do, but it worked for me. I […]

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Climate change, despite its outsized impact on the planet, is still an abstract concept to many of us. That needs to change. My hope is that readers of this blog will develop a better understanding of...