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California officials are busy measuring carbon output of every aspect of life so they can decide how to cut emissions to meet a new state law.
Imagine trying to count up – and limit – the emissions from every part of the way we live. That’s exactly what’s happening in Sacramento, California right now. Living On Earth’s Ingrid Lobet reports officials there are working feverishly to comply with the nation’s first carbon limit law.