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Your Power as a Citizen – The New York Times

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Your power as a citizen
What can I do, personally, about the climate crisis? You often ask us a version of this question. That was especially true this week, after the latest international scientific report on global warming.
Some of the most obvious answers can seem frustrating. Not everyone can install solar panels on their roof or give up driving, for example. We get that. The good news is, while our individual carbon footprint is important, that’s not the only thing that defines us.
Today, I want to discuss how we can think about our power as citizens, not only as homeowners or consumers, in a warming world. What are our responsibilities, and what opportunities do we have to shape the future?
To help with that, I spoke to Heidi Roop, a climate scientist at the University of Minnesota who published “The Climate Action Handbook: A Visual Guide to 100 Climate Solutions for Everyone” this week.
Roop told me her goal was to help readers chart their climate journeys by thinking about what she calls climate-action footprints.

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