Recent Posts Tagged With 'carbon emissions'

• Where are the dirtiest power plants?

  Posted on Friday March 21st, 2008 at 12:48 in washington, carbon emissions, power plants, nuclear power, wind power, coal power, carbon output, carbon monitoring, carma

  All morning, I've been playing with a site called http://www.carma.org. CARMA stands for Carma Monitoring for Action which is an organization financed by a couple of thinktanks in Washington DC. What they've done is compiled a comprehensive database ...

• Carbon Hero key chain tracks your travel emissions

  Posted on Tuesday February 26th, 2008 at 11:37 in products, carbon emissions, transportation, emissions, carbon, keychain, carbon output, carbon hero

  For most of us, transportation is the biggest way in which we contribute to carbon emissions. But because carbon is invisible, it makes it difficult for us to witness the impact of our actions and improve our daily behaviors. Enter......

• Cutting through the "green car" confusion

  Posted on Monday December 10th, 2007 at 16:16 in ethanol, carbon emissions, biodiesel, hybrid, diesel, hybrids, fuel cell, e85, carbon output

  According to our carbon footprint audit, and an evaluation of our three current vehicles, our cars contribute significantly to our carbon emissions. Though we don't drive very long distances, none of them get over 18 MPG. Throughout our debates on......

• The System: Tracking our Carbon Footprint

  Posted on Friday December 7th, 2007 at 13:18 in carbon emissions, carbon footprint, carbon dioxide, carbon, carbon output

  Read other articles in the Carbon Audit Series: an ongoing investigation into our carbon footprint. At this point, I've completed enough individual audits to have a good sense for my overall carbon footprint. Here's what it looks like yearly: Nearly....

• More help with calculating a carbon footprint

  Posted on Friday December 7th, 2007 at 12:14 in carbon emissions, carbon footprint, audit, carbon, carbon calculator, carbon output

  I found a couple of more useful carbon emissions calculators, that I thought I would share. 1. TerraPass Flight Carbon Calculator (http://www.terrapass.com/flight/flightcalc.php) This groovy calculator lets you type in the specific arrival and destin...