Word: footprinted
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...might seem odd that Al Gore’s bacon and eggs breakfast could have more impact on the environment than his choice to avoid SUV’s. But meat production’s inherent inefficiency creates its large carbon footprint...
...realities of the food system do not allow for that at this point.” But Martin said HUDS will continue to take active steps in that direction. “We do continue to try and find new sources for local food and improve our general [carbon] footprint in creative ways” she said. —Staff writer Natasha S. Whitney can be reached at nwhitney@fas.harvard.edu...
...attention on climate change. It helps that you can actually see them spewing black exhaust. But people often forget that when they plug in their home electronics - whether it's a jumbo flat-screen TV or an iPod - the electricity that juices those devices has a carbon footprint too. As the amount of electronics in our homes continues to increase - half of American households now own three TVs, up from 11% in 1975 - it becomes more and more important that they are energy efficient. Ditto the amount of plastic, metal and other raw materials - often toxic and too often...
...initiatve and reliance on unilateral action is...insignificant.” Stavins said that a solution founded on market-based instruments and government regulation, in which institutions and businesses focus on the environmental impact of their products, would be more effective. “[Harvard’s] carbon footprint is absolutely trivial compared with the impact we have on the environment through our products—knowledge through research, students through teaching, outreach by faculty student participation. Kelly S. Gallagher, the director of HKS’s Energy Technology Innovation Project, took an intermediate position, saying that Harvard must...
...Samson told me that stricter regulations would simply push egg producers out of state, hurting local business while enlarging the carbon footprint of importing eggs into California...