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 Stories About: air travel AND carbon offsets AND climate AND ecological footprint AND green living
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Or you could just wear smaller shoes ...
Reducing your carbon footprint from travel |
Joseph Romm |
23 Mar 2008 |
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| If want to reduce your carbon footprint, what should you do about your air travel until we have carbon-free jet fuel? The Stockholm Environment Institute and the Tufts Climate Initiative have a good handout on the subject, titled 'Flying Green.' They note: ... the average American is responsible for the emissions of about 20 tons of CO2 annually ... If you fly to Europe and back from the U.S., you'll add about 3-4 tons to your (already large) carbon footprint. ... |
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| Topics: air travel, carbon offsets, climate, ecological footprint, green living (all these topics) |
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