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High-Res Map of U.S. Carbon Footprint

Posted on April 8, 2008 by naturallyinteresting| Leave a comment

A team of scientists has completed a carbon dioxide emissions inventory of the United States plotted down to 100 square kilometer chunks.

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Eat local for the environment? Not so fast.

Posted on March 23, 2008 by naturallyinteresting| Leave a comment

Choosing locally produced food over imported items is not always the best environmental choice. Very well done article in the Guardian (I think you can click the “digg”  read more button below).

Working out carbon footprints is horribly complicated,’ says Edwards-Jones. ‘It is not just where something is grown and how far it has to travel, but also how it is grown, how it is stored, how it is prepared.’

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