Cleaning carbon from our sky and providing cleaner air for us all has been facing some egregious obstacles lately.
First, Microsoft which had acquired approximately USD 12 billion in carbon removal technology has announced that it no longer plans anymore acquisitions. The industry has depended deeply on Microsoft as undisputed industry leader.
Second, Trump 2.0 has been cutting all support to cleansing carbon from the sky, according to NYTimesApp.
With emissions levels having increased two percent in the last year, our stewardship of the planet demands that we review our priorities and make clean air the top priority along with clean soil and water to secure our way of life.
Recently the world met to talk climate and specifically the end of the world’s dependence on fossil fuels in Columbia while the US was not invited.
One mindful activity that helps me enjoy the commute is imagining more robustly me as the sky and my moods as the passing weather.
Skies are vast, open spaces with so much freedom to see and to move. Weather fronts on the other hand come and go and symbolize change.
I am counting reasons to ride and not to drive. On Friday I got in the salon of the car and I started to roast and sweat while the air conditioner was slow to blow cool air.
Staying out on my bicycle would have meant being exposed to a nice, natural cool breeze and no discomfort.