This post is by Sheryl Canter, an Online Writer and Editorial Manager at Environmental Defense Fund.
Oil is over $100 a barrel now – an all-time high. Even if burning gasoline weren’t a major cause of global warming, a price that high is motivation to conserve.
But we don’t seem to be trying very hard.
Here are some numbers that make the point from Earth: The Sequel, the new book by EDF President Fred Krupp and Miriam Horn. (All profits from book sales support our global warming work.)