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Climate Action
100
It's the most abundant greenhouse gas accounted for in Marin inventories.
What is carbon dioxide?
100
It's the 100% renewable energy option offered by MCE and it costs just 1 cent per kWh more than regular electricity.
What is Deep Green?
100
It's one way to get your exercise and reduce your carbon footprint.
What is walk or bike?
100
Pizza boxes, chicken bones, and coffee filters should all go in this can.
What is the green can?
100
This organization will help you lose 5,000 pounds of carbon in just a few weeks!
What is Resilient Neighborhoods?
200
It's the country that currently emits the most carbon dioxide annually.
What is China?
200
It's the best option for changing out an old incandescent one.
What is an LED bulb?
200
It runs from San Rafael to Sonoma County Airport, with 8 stops in between (and more to come).
What is SMART?
200
The best way to reduce emissions from your food is to eat less of this.
What is meat?
200
As temperatures rise and drought becomes more common, we're likely to experience even more of these in California.
What are wildfires?
300
It's the sector where most of the greenhouse gas emissions come from in Marin County.
What is the transportation sector?
300
Most of the greenhouse gas emissions generated by a typical Marin home comes from this type of energy.
What is natural gas?
300
The navigation app Waze has a new feature that makes it easy to do this.
What is carpool?
300
It hit a low in 2011 in Marin County, but it's been going up ever since.
What is the amount of waste that is going into the landfill?
300
Melting land ice and thermal expansion are causing this to rise.
What is sea level?
400
Marin County has made the most progress in reducing emissions from this source over the past 10 years.
What is electricity?
400
About 7% of single family homes in Marin have one of these.
What is a solar energy system.
400
It gets over 200 miles on a single charge.
What is a Chevy Bolt or a Tesla?
400
Storing carbon in trees and soil is known as this.
What is carbon sequestration?
400
By 2025, MCE hopes to provide this to all of its customers.
What is GHG-free electricity?
500
Over the past 10 years, Marin County has reduced emissions by this amount.
What is 17%?
500
Natural gas use is highly correlated with this, or HDD for short.
What are Heating Degree Days?
500
Marin has one of the highest rates of electric vehicle ownership in California, second only to this county.
What is Santa Clara County?
500
Organic waste creates this greenhouse gas when it decomposes under anaerobic conditions in a landfill.
What is methane?
500
California's long-term goal is to reduce emissions 80% below 1990 levels by this year.
What is 2050?