Regardless of the material type, the largest impact from these various yoga mats may actually come from transportation distance and mode. (treehugger.com)
The fuel prohibited from use in California will simply be used elsewhere, which will result in increasing overall GHG emissions as a result of less stringent environmental standards in places those fuels would ultimately be consumed and of increased GHG emissions from increased transportation distances. (greencarcongress.com)
Cayuga Marketing LLC — a collective of dairy farmers in the Finger Lakes Region, NY — decided to construct their local processing plant to reduce their milk - hauling costs while also greatly reducing transport emissions and carbon footprint as a result of the shorter transportation distances involved. (cstwastewater.com)