Sentences with phrase «big carbon footprint»

But if that money were more evenly distributed, it could mean slightly bigger carbon footprints for many more people, which would soon add up.

But how does any one city or region know how big its carbon footprint really is?

Understanding how big your carbon footprint is — or how much your lifestyle impacts the environment — is a key first step in living sustainably.

All that commuting makes for a mighty big carbon footprint, according to «loca - sexuals» who are taking a more climate - friendly approach to dating.

But otherwise a bigger income did not translate into a commensurately bigger carbon footprint.

Landing in Melbourne following a 23 hour flight from London, I took my great big carbon footprint and earned back a little eco kudos along the Great Ocean Road.

And if Canadian bitumen has a big carbon footprint now, imagine if it had to be shipped around the world.

The biggest carbon footprint of any oil is a barrel of oil sands bitumen.

Most cutting boards of sustainable bamboo or cork originate in China, creating a big carbon footprint.

The researchers found that bigger cities and more populous regions have bigger carbon footprints, when they looked at the total household carbon footprint for a region.

Concentrating wealth might actually be good for the planet: if it were more evenly spread, it would leave a bigger carbon footprint, argues Fred Pearce

An earlier version of this story indicated that Thanksgiving dinners cooked in Wyoming leave the biggest carbon footprint.

While organic farming is better for the environment, is it better for the earth if you buy an organic apple with a big carbon footprint or an apple from the farm down the street that was grown using chemical pesticides?

Nice, but let's put it straight: we don't need these vehicles, a wagon lighter and more aero can do the job, like we don't need to eat meat every day, a bigger carbon footprint won't make people happier but for sure it will our planet a worse place to be...

We know that flying has a big carbon footprint, but when you do have to fly, you may have noticed that air travel isn't as glamourous as it used to be: shrinking seats, meals not included, extra fees up the wazoo, and even pre-flight fisticuffs due to «overbooking» (like the recent fiasco with United Airlines).

It isn't, however, perfect — often it comes with a big carbon footprint for transport, and biodegr

Gadget lovers can sometimes feel a twinge of guilt when it comes to earth friendliness, since it can sometimes be tough to reconcile the big carbon footprint of gadgets with the low carbon lifestyle of a greenie.

About the only thing worth doing with it is probably going to be burning it like they do in Scandinavia, but that has a bigger carbon footprint per kWh than burning coal.

This may be expensed on projected income statements, so investments that have a big carbon footprint will reduce projected net income — which is watched closely by investors — more than greener ones.

These over consumers, then, tend to have a bigger carbon footprint (a measure of CO2 emissions per person).

It is made of board - poured concrete, a material I love when I see it in a half - century old brutalist building, but has a big carbon footprint.

Flying also has a big carbon footprint; about the only form of transport that's worse is driving alone in your car.

Because a carbon fee is a progressive tax, in the sense that rich people have bigger carbon footprints.

It also has the biggest carbon footprint.