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Just when you thought you’d heard the end of low carbs, a new phrase threatens to put it back in the news, but this time…. California is talking hydrocarbons.
The issue of climate change has ushered in a whole new lexicon to describe the effects of the warming of the planet, as well as possible solutions. Living on Earth’s Ingrid Lobet reports on the emergence of a new term you’re likely to hear a lot more of ? “low carbon fuel.”