Editor's note - This is the second in a multi-part series by guest blogger Dr. James Crooks. Part 1 can be found here [Link]. Part 2 - Your Carbon Footprint Before you can reduce your family’s carbon footprint you first ought to know what your current household emissions actually are. So this weekend while you’re doing bills take an extra five minutes to figure it out. Of course your natural gas/fuel oil/propane bill, your electricity bill, and your gas pump all report ene

Editor's note - Today marks the first of a multi-part series concerning climate change and practical steps for living greener in a warming world, by guest blogger (and friend) Dr. James Crooks. James is an environmental health researcher and statistician at National Jewish Health, a respiratory research hospital in Denver, Colorado. He researches the health effects of climate-driven extreme air pollution events. He's also interested in genomics, toxicology, and infectious dis