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Commentary: We can and must decrease carbon emissions

Recently released climate assessment reports by the United States government and the United Nations verify that we are already experiencing incredibly destructive and disruptive impacts of global warming, over 90 percent of which is caused by human activity. We will see increased impacts in the future, many of which are now inevitable and irreversible. These impacts will continue to intensify in the near future. By our current actions and personal choices and current actions, we can choose to help mitigate future impacts and reduce the scale of future carnage.

In recent years, the U.