Bag the Carbon Calculators. You Didn’t Cause This.
By Peter Sinclair
“But what can I do to fight climate change?” is a frequently asked question for anyone that does communication on this topic – and I…
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Gordon: Logging, carbon capture could help limit severe wildfires, reduce carbon footprint
By Brendan LaChance Photo by John Roedel
Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon said during a Monday, Oct. 5 press conference that “we have got to embrace that we have got to do a…
Big Data to Calculate Carbon
By Chris Clayton
New Ag Tech Programs Stress Reducing Environmental Footprint While Boosting Profitability
Changing how we make solar panels could reduce their carbon emissions
By Donna Lu Photo: Xinhua / Alamy
Changing the way we make solar panels could reduce their carbon footprint, providing a boost to green energy.
Carbon accountability: keeping emissions low as the U.S. reopens
By Katherine Gallagher
As global carbon emissions continue to decrease due to COVID-19, history shows that this drop may not be sustainable. The Great Depression saw a carbon…
New model proposed to reduce carbon footprint
By Lea Jones Photo: CC0 Public Domain
Prior to the global pandemic, climate researchers identified an uncomfortable truth: the very meetings and events meant to support the fight against climate change were…
Offsetting carbon emissions, one ton at a time
By Tina Rodia
Prior to the global pandemic, climate researchers identified an uncomfortable truth: the very meetings and events meant to support the fight against climate change were…
Data Science: The Key Tool Cities Need To Reduce Carbon Emissions
By Ankit Mishra
Amid the Covid-19 outbreak, policymakers and scientists leveraged data insights to track and contain the virus in cities. As the economy begins to reopen, cities…
Sport’s carbon footprint is global bad news
By Alex Kirby Photo: Thomas Serer on Unsplash
The amount of damage caused by global sport’s carbon footprint and the other forms of climate pollution sport produces matches the havoc resulting from the…
Allbirds Is The First Fashion Brand To Label Its Carbon Footprint Like Calories
By Lela London
Sustainable fashion brand Allbirds has just announced it has become the first fashion brand to label every item produced with its carbon footprint.
Does Knowing the Carbon Footprint of Meat Make Us Eat Less of It? | Sierra Club
I tried the Meat Footprint Calculator to find out…
Factcheck: What is the carbon footprint of streaming video on Netflix?
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…
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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 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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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
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
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
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
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…
Tourism Responsible for 8% of Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Study Finds
By Daisy Dunne 05/16/2018
The study, which looks at the spending habits of travellers in 160 countries, shows that the impact of tourism on global emissions could be four times larger than previously thought.
We need to talk about the most effective ways to reduce our carbon footprint
By Sarah DeWeerdt 7/18/17
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.
