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Photo : Tatiana Grozetskaya ( Shutterstock ) Have you ever wondered how much your local airport contributes to climate change compared to that power plant down the street? Or how your city or country compares to other areas across the country or around the world? N ow you can see all those things and more on the Climate Trace interactive map . Climate Trace is an environmental tech nonprofit that created the map using satellite data to map out nearly 80,000 individual sources of climate pollution. The coalition that tracks greenhouse gas emissions with the hope of making meaningful climate action. Their emissions data inventory is the first to be made from independent observation; the organization harnessed images from more than 300 satellites, over 11,000 remote sensors, and in collaboration with 100 organizations and datasets from all over the world to compile their data for tracking green house gas emissions. Right now, all their data is from 2021. T heir data collection i...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Where is Elon Musk on the climate change issue? While the world's second richest man has strongly advocated for fighting against global warming over the years, his thoughts on reversing the trend have varied. "Climate change is the biggest threat that humanity faces this century, except for AI," Musk told Rolling Stone in 2018. "I keep telling people this. I hate to be Cassandra here, but it's all fun and games until somebody loses a f---ing eye." Musk's concern about the climate is shared by 72% of Americans, according to a survey by Yale University . Another survey by the American Association for the Advancement of Science survey found that about 97% of climate scientists concluded that "human-caused climate change is happening." A pioneer in clean energy Musk's actions as an entrepreneur demonstrate a strong commitment to sustainability. In 2008, Musk...