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Kumar Venkat

Kumar Venkat

Kumar Venkat is a technologist and carbon footprint analyst based in Portland, Oregon. As the founder of CleanMetrics Corp., he helped companies quantify and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.  @kumarvenkat

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A structure on Highway 128 goes up in flames after the Kincade Fire raged into the Alexander Valley on Sunday morning, October 27, 2019, east of Geyserville, California. (Photo: Karl Mondon/MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images)

Climate Science Is Vulnerable to Politics

We as voters must ensure that climate science is immune from political meddling and elect leaders who will respect the scientific process.

Kumar Venkat ·

Greenhouse gas emissions from passenger cars and air travel add up to more than 15% of net US national emissions. We could put a significant dent in passenger transport emissions if many white collar employees continue to work from home all or part of the time and if businesses replace a large part of air travel with video conferences. (Photo: Danielle Scott/Flickr/cc)

Emerging From the Pandemic With a Climate Plan

As we come out of this pandemic with an altered business landscape and more awareness of our personal consumption patterns, we have a rare opportunity to make sure that the planet’s climate doesn’t become an even bigger crisis than the one we are battling now.

Kumar Venkat ·

For an equal supply of protein, beef produces 20-25 times as much greenhouse gas emissions on average as beans, and about 12 times as much as tofu. (Photo: Neil H/flickr/cc)

Eating Well Without Destroying the Climate

After years of studying the climate impacts of foods, I can’t think of anything more impactful than our choice of proteins, followed by waste reduction.

Kumar Venkat ·

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