Emissions transparency - finally
Climate change transparency I have always been on the fence regarding Al Gore. His Nobel prize for a powerpoint slideshow leveraging a 1980's discovery by others (climate change) sure bought that issue to the forefront. But I always questioned his values as his lifestyle contradicts his preachings. Until now. Mr. Gore and Google were the driving forces behind starting Climate Trace (https://www.climatetrace.org) whose vision is: 'We make meaningful climate action faster and easier by mobilizing the global tech community to track greenhouse gas emissions with unprecedented detail and speed.' Finally we get some real third-party, objective measurements of all global carbon emission sources. No more hiding behind bullshit numbers, manipulative politicians, and purposeful under-reporting of a country's emissions (aka Brazil, Russia, China, India ++) Some of the world's biggest players are involved in this, including RMI, Amazon, NASA, and Google. I like one