Pollution Prevention

Climate/GHG Emissions

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time.

The impacts of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on our climate are accelerating around the world, and we must act quickly to reduce our emissions in order to preserve our planet for future generations. Locally, Baltimore is vulnerable to the effects of climate change in the form of rising sea levels threatening real estate and infrastructure, increased cooling loads raising the cost to air-condition our buildings, rising temperatures endangered public health, and rising water temperatures threaten aquatic life.

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What You Can Do
  1. Drive less. Instead use public transit or, better yet, try walking or biking to your destination.
  2. Keep your car and boat engines tuned and tires filled to improve fuel efficiency and reduce air pollution
  3. If in the market for a new car, look for the most efficient, lowest polluting vehicles. California offers a great guide to low-polluting vehicles.
  4. Use less energy at home and at work. Check out the ENERGY STAR website for ideas on exactly how.
  5. Join the Baltimore Neighborhood Energy Challenge
  6. Just one person recycling their newspaper, magazines, plastic, glass, and metal for one year is enough to save 471 pounds of carbon dioxide from going into the atmosphere.
  7. Ranching and slaughter of animals generates an estimated 18 percent of total human-induced greenhouse-gas emissions globally. Follow the Baltimore City Public School System’s lead and start with giving up meat just one day a week.