California Mandate Fruitless, Neglects Black Carbon
Black Carbon Coalition says “we will not get a handle on our climate emergency with faulty mandates that fail to address the enemy of the planet: black carbon”
Don Owens, a patent attorney and engineer, underscored the planetary crisis of black carbon being under-addressed by climate change summits, activists and leaders, and even media, pointing to new standards being pushed in California. The standards are due to be voted on in the coming month.
Black Carbon Coalition Launches National Campaign, Model Resolution
Don Owens, engineer and attorney, drafts model resolution, disseminating Burn Fuel Better to leaders.
The national effort to focus leaders and activists on the real culprit of climate change, black carbon, is ramping up. Don Owens, the entrepreneur, engineer and patent lawyer who founded the Black Carbon Coalition and the Coalition Against Black Carbon, is sending copies of his book Burn Fuel Better to key legislators and other public figures so that they have a fuller picture on what our climate crisis entails. Owens also drafted a model resolution that can be sponsored by lawmakers from both sides of the aisle across legislatures and in Congress.
Greenwashing “net-zero” pledges slammed, Don Owens’ Black Carbon Coalition underscores need to eradicate black carbon
Jonathan Lockwood & Associates points to Don Owens and Black Carbon Coalition as keys to elevating climate policy discussions.
The era of greenwashing is over. At the UN Climate Conference (COP27) at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt last week, the secretary general announced a new report detailing credible, accountable net-zero pledges. “Solving the climate crisis requires strong political leadership. I urge all government leaders to provide non-state entities with a level playing field to transition to a just, net-zero future,” said the secretary general at the launch.