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The Pandemic Has Illuminated That We Can Change—And for the Sake of the Planet, We Must

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Behavior changes that would benefit the environment have long been framed in the negative and often waved off as impossible: we can’t drive our cars, we can’t use plastic, we can’t eat as much meat. But, amid the pandemic, people canceled vacations, worked from home, and visited their doctors virtually, proving that habits are changeable, which stands to be meaningful in the fight against climate change—and now there’s data to support its efficacy: Global carbon dioxide emissions dropped an average of 7 percent in 2020, according to researchers, and NASA found that nitrogen dioxide concentrations dropped by nearly 20 percent....

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