Planes, CO2, & Sustainable Change

Published: June 12, 2019, 9 a.m.

b'From a climate change perspective, getting on a plane is the single worst thing a person can do. Can your guilt over flying fit in an overhead bin? New York Times reporter Andy Newman and carbon offset expert, Peter Miller join us to talk about how air travel is devastating the environment. \\n \\nThen, climate change is often depicted as a "white people\'s issue," and of course, rich white people are largely responsible for the situation in which we find ourselves. But communities of color are the most likely to suffer the consequences of climate change. The cofounders of Sustainable Brooklyn, Dominique Drakeford, and Whitney McGuire, join us to talk about how the whitewashing of environmental activism serves no one.'