“Dr. Daniel Druckenbrod, professor of Environmental Sciences at Rider University, can predict the future. He also loves to take long walks in the woods.  ‘When I’m walking in the woods, I’m reading a story written in the forest’…”

Thus begins a wonderful article by Annette Loveless in the Mercer County Community College student newspaper, The Voice, about Aldo Leopold’s immense influence in American conservation history – and here in Lawrence! Her article.

Driving around?  ‘Could be a major challenge to reducing our carbon footprint

The 2020 pandemic year predictably had lower emissions — and now transportation emissions nationwide are back up around 14 percent!  2023 jet fuel consumption increased by 1.6% over 2022. Road traffic volumes in 2023 were up 2.2% over 2022 levels which contributed to a gasoline consumption increase, increases in electric vehicles notwithstanding.

There was a decrease in emissions in the power sector [8%] and a 40% decrease for residential and commercial buildings.  However emissions attributed to transportation increased in 2023. The power sector once accounted for the largest amount of carbon emissions due mostly to coal-fired generating stations, it now ranks lower than the industrial and transportation sectors!

For the full article on this subject, check here.

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