By David J. Phillip and James R. McIlroyThe Environmental Protection Agency has been quietly working on climate change-related technologies that could help people cope with climate change for years, but the agency’s plans for climate-related products have been less well-received.
The agency is currently evaluating how to best use MasterTech technologies, a subsidiary of American tech company MasterCard, to help people with climate-sensitive behaviors.
MasterTech has been working on a new product called MasterClimate that would let people track how much CO2 they’re exhaling, the amount of carbon dioxide they’re burning and how much of it is escaping into the atmosphere, the company said in a blog post on Tuesday.
“Our goal is to help our clients better manage the effects of climate change,” the company wrote.
“The new MasterClimate product is a unique opportunity to provide our clients with a climate-awareness tool to manage their behavior, helping them plan for future climate changes.”
The product could also be used by government agencies, universities, private companies and others.
At the company’s announcement, MasterClimate’s chief executive, Brian McDonough, said climate-consciousness could be “a way to stay on top of the situation and stay in control of your life.”
“It’s about the mindset,” McDonoug said.
Climate-change awareness products have already become increasingly popular, especially in the United States, and have been developed by companies such as MasterCard and Cisco Systems.
In August, the Environmental Protection Administration approved MasterClimate, saying that it would help government agencies develop “a climate awareness tool that helps people manage their own and their communities’ responses to climate change.”
MasterClimate is designed to provide people with a “toolbox” of climate- and environmental-based information and actions to take, according to the company.
Among its suggestions are: – Make a list of your carbon emissions and how you’re handling them.
– Write down all the times you’ve done something wrong.
– Get rid of or store old clothing, clothes you don’t want, clothes that aren’t made in a sustainable fashion.
– Don’t wear clothes that are made with plastic, synthetic or synthetic fibers.
To purchase the product, users would have to sign up for a MasterClimate account, which the company describes as an online service for individuals or organizations to share their environmental and climate-impact data.
Mackinac Island, the largest of the world’s seven main Antarctic ice shelves, is home to hundreds of islands and is a prime location for the company to develop climate-aware products.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, climate-monitoring stations are used to monitor global sea level and to measure ocean currents and temperature.
Many of the products that have been released by MasterClimate have focused on the impact of climate changes on humans, such as an iPhone app called Climate for Humans that uses data from weather stations to predict which of your personal habits are most likely to have a negative effect on your health.
Earlier this year, the Department of Homeland Security announced plans to launch a climate monitoring program called Weather Underground, which would include a “digital interface” that would allow users to create an “active climate-based climate change awareness program.”
But climate-care products are not new to the marketplace, as MasterClimate announced its climate-tracking platform in 2014 with the release of the MasterClimate app.
A MasterClimate spokesperson told ABC News that the company had worked on climate-specific products for a long time and that it had developed new products that would be useful to individuals.
It also noted that MasterClimate does not believe that its products will necessarily solve the problems of climate disruption, but said that it was a better way to monitor the environment for climate change and improve health.
