Green energy is great for fighting climate change. Not using it is even better.
Kyle Bagenstose, USA TODAY - 1h ago
As head of Bridging the Gap, a nonprofit working on climate change and other environmental problems in Kansas City, Missouri, Kristin Riott has a lot on her plate.
There are the perennial challenges of litter and recycling in the city, the constant effort to coax the business community into better practices, and thousands of trees to plant.
But when it comes to the world's most pressing environmental crisis – climate change – the organization's primary tools are surprisingly simple. They don't require spending billions of dollars to remake the city's energy economy or even tens of thousands on electric cars and rooftop solar panels.
Instead, staff members mostly just screw in new light bulbs and plug holes in the basements of homes across the city. They eliminate one draft, lower one energy bill, and stop just a little bit of carbon from polluting the atmosphere, one home at a time.
“This is the low-hanging fruit,” Riott said. “But it has the potential to play a huge role.”
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