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 Stories About: climate AND climate change mitigation AND fossil fuels AND greenhouse-gas emissions AND Washington
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Transportation is a big honking deal
Responsible climate policy means reducing transportation emissions |
Eric de Place |
23 Aug 2007 |
Gristmill |
| In the Northwest, it's impossible to address climate change without doing something about transportation. Take a look at this chart showing CO2 emissions from fossil fuels in Washington. In Washington (as in Oregon), everything else pales in comparison to the emissions that come from transportation. In fairness, the chart above shows only emission from fossil fuels. But fossil fuels represent better than four-fifths of the state's entire portfolio of green ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, fossil fuels, greenhouse-gas emissions, Washington (all these topics) |
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