Citizens Who Care

In December, 195 countries met in Paris to discuss climate reform. At the end of the 14 day period of talks, people agreed on an emissions target. The target The earth has warmed 1 degree Celsius (about 1.7 degrees Fahrenheit) since the industrial revolution started in 1750. The countries met and decided to try to keep it below 2 degrees Celsius.  A chart of the worlds warming in Celsius since 1880 http://400.350.org/ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/GlobalWarming/page2.php

The earth is warming, That is why we made this blog. It IS time to change! 20% of our world's population uses 80% of the world's resources. Oil prices are really low, $37 per barrel. People are using this money to get new cars. My family bought a new car, but I have mixed feeling about this. I know that it took a lot of oil to make the new car, and the old one will eventually end up in a landfill. However, since the car is larger I can carpool with my friends. According to the EPA, the average gas mileage of cars on the road is 24.1 MPG. This figure is one year old. This figure will probably decrease. This is because fewer mileage cars are "less" money than they used to be because gas prices are lower. That hurts the electric car market . It is less cost effective now because fuel for your Gasoline SUV is more cots effective than it used to be. Anyway... You can view the video  here Please note... I don't know this person By Samuel On behalf of ...

By: Samuel Desai Today, the first day of a world changing 12-day event happened. The COP 21 is an event hosted by the ICUN in Paris. At the event, 195 countries are attending, with 40,000 delegates altogether. These countries are trying to make an agreement for a world changing agreement. They hope that the agreement will help stop Climate Change.  One of the biggest things about this is China and the US negotiating too! You see, they are the biggest producers of greenhouse gasses.  Here are some of the things people have said so far: "Countries should be allowed to seek their own solutions, according to their national interest"- Xi Jinping- China  "One of the greatest threats humanity is facing"- Vladimir Putin- Russia  "Billions of people pinning their hopes on what we do in Paris"- Angela Merkel- Germany SOURCES:  http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/30/europe/france-paris-cop21-climate-change-conference/ http://www.cop21paris.org...

Proterra is doing what Tesla is doing to cars. They made an electric bus, and the CEO used to work for Elon Musk. They made a bus with a battery pack that carry's 257 kWh. It can go up to 300 miles on a single charge. If it can do that, it could probably do half a days worth of transportation. This is a quote from the article I found on Treehugger. “The purpose-driven Catalyst design affords the best efficiency rating ever for a 40-foot transit bus, at 22 MPG equivalent,” said John Sleconich, Chief Engineer at Proterra. “Proterra buses are the only mass transit vehicle built from the ground up as an electric vehicle. With a unique aerodynamic body made from carbon fiber and advanced composite materials, we are able to reduce mass for maximum efficiency.” One of their buses drove 258 miles on a single charge. That was the Proterra 40-foot Catalyst XR with 8 NMC Li-ion. It had a 257 kWh battery. Collectively, Proterra costumers have prevented more than 4.7 million pounds of e...