DEFEAT BLACK CARBON
THE ENEMY OF THE PLANET
Something is melting our glaciers, destroying our lungs, and killing our planet…
It’s time to fight back.
What is
BLACK CARBON?
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Black carbon is the unburned fuel that engines make.
Black carbon hurts:
OUR HEALTH
OUR CLIMATE
OUR ENVIRONMENT
Black Carbon Is Killing Our Planet and Our People.
Our current solutions aren’t addressing this.
In fact, some are making it even worse.
As long as mining, shipping, and building are dominated by engines, we’ll be producing more BC every day.
Why Defeat Black Carbon?
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Our Generation
If we reduce BC, we’ll see benefits in weeks, not decades.
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Our Community
Let’s fight the pollution that is affecting our neighborhood.
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Our Fight
We don’t have to wait on governments and corporations for a solution… we’re making our own.
GET THE =FACTS.
There’s something strange in the air.
When we use fuel, not all of it is burned.
The unburned fuel gets spread through the air in tiny particulates.
This is how we get:
Black Carbon.
What MAKES Black Carbon?
Realize it or not, when engines burn fuel, they don’t burn it all.
The Bad News….
Here’s how Black Carbon affects us.
Health
7 million deaths every year
43% Lung Disease/Cancer
29% Heart Disease
24% Stroke
2,700,000 preterm births
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70% of cancer-related air toxins
Covid-19 Deaths
Black carbon pollution has contributed significantly to more deaths related to the Coronavirus.
CLIMATE
Affect global warming 1500x more than CO2 pollution
Absorbs sunlight and converts it to heat
Accelerates the melting of snow and ice.
Environment
Prevents clouds from being formed
Alters regional patterns and rainfall
Reduces sunlight
Affects plant health and productivity
Produces acid rain
The Good News
Local
Black carbon stays nearby, so if we reduce, we can start to see an immediate impact in our communities.
Immediate
Since BC stays in the air for less time, if it’s reduced, we can see positive effects in just weeks.
FIXable
There are a lot of practical and inexpensive solutions on how we can prevent BC from being produced.
EVERY CONTAINER SHIP, EVERY DAY,
EMITS AS MUCH POLLUTION AS
13 Million CARS
But aren’t we doing something about it already?
Unfortunately, not really…
Wind, Solar, Electric… all are being mined, built, or shipped on engines that produce black carbon.
It's Time
Everybody Gets A Say.
Developing countries and economically disadvantaged communities are currently the last to benefit from any current climate agenda.
Even worse, most efforts to clean the planet, are transferring pollution to these neighborhoods.
Our neighborhood
Black carbon is polluting our neighborhood, right now.
But if we do something about it, we’ll see the benefits in weeks- not decades.
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