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Three Simple Ways to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint

Three Simple Ways to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint

A greenhouse gas is a gas which absorbs infrared radiation. These gases, when they absorb this radiation, trap heat that would otherwise escape the planet’s atmosphere and filter off into space. Radiation which is unable to escape…

We need to talk about the most effective ways to reduce our carbon footprint

We need to talk about the most effective ways to reduce our carbon footprint

We need to be honest about not just the behavioral changes that will make the biggest difference in reducing emissions, but about what it will take to get there.

A Guide to the Good, Low-Carbon Life

For about the last 10 years, environmental law professor Karl Coplan has been trying to winnow down his direct footprint of carbon-dioxide emissions. He has been successful, and has just published a book chronicling his…

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The use of streaming video is growing exponentially around the world. These services are associated with energy use and carbon emissions from devices, network infrastructure and data centres. Yet, contrary to a slew of recent…

Area looking toward composting to reduce carbon footprint

Charlottesville Tomorrow

Area looking toward composting to reduce carbon footprint

By Charlotte Rene Woods Photo: Charlotte Rene Woods Charlottesville Tomorrow 12/16/19

What would the future of composting look like in the region? Local stakeholders and an out-of-state company are trying to figure that out.

‘Greta Thunberg effect’ driving growth in carbon offsetting

NGOs report fourfold increases in investments in carbon-reducing projects in developing countries Growing concern about the climate crisis and the “Greta Thunberg effect” are driving huge increases in individuals and businesses choosing to offset their…

Asthma Patients Can Minimize Carbon Footprint by Using ‘Greener’ Inhalers

For people suffering from asthma, an inhaler is an indispensable, life-saving accessory that always needs to be within reach. Now, a new study from the University…

Food for thought on our carbon footprint | Letters

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Food for thought on our carbon footprint | Letters

Photo: Vyacheslav Prokofyev/TASS 10/29/19

Artificially grown ‘meat’ has the potential to reduce carbon emissions, argues Patrick Cosgrove. As for Extinction Rebellion, its aims couldn’t be clearer, according to Mark Haworth-Booth The close correlation between diet and environment that has…

You Asked: Should We All Go Vegetarian or Vegan to Reduce Our Carbon Footprint?

Short answer: Moderation is key. …

Purchase College, 19 other institutes go green to reduce carbon footprint

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Purchase College, 19 other institutes go green to reduce carbon footprint

By Isabel Keane 9/18/19

A coalition of New York state’s higher education institutions, including Westchester County’s Purchase College, will buy renewable energy to reduce the carbon footprint on campuses.

Choosing chicken over beef cuts our carbon footprints a surprising amount

National Geographic

Choosing chicken over beef cuts our carbon footprints a surprising amount

By Stephen Leahy Photo: Luca Locatelli 6/10/19

Replacing the carbon-heavy beef on your plate with carbon-light chicken will cut your dietary carbon footprint a shocking amount: in half. That’s according to a first-ever national study of U.S. eating habits and their carbon…

Plastic Has A Big Carbon Footprint — But That Isn’t The Whole Story

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Plastic Has A Big Carbon Footprint — But That Isn’t The Whole Story

By Christopher Joyce 6/9/19

Plastic waste gets a lot of attention when photos of dead whales with stomachs full of plastic bags hit the news. Pieces of plastic also litter cities, and tiny plastic particles are even floating in…