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Carbon footprint maps reveal urban-suburban divide
2014-01-14 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Where you live in a metropolis -- the city or the suburbs -- can make a huge difference in how much you are contributing to climate change, according to a new study. People in the densely populated cores of big cities are responsible for less greenhouse gas emissions, but the more carbon-intensive lifestyle of their far-flung suburbs cancels out any of the benefits, researchers at UC Berkeley found. The analysis used household income, vehicle ownership, home size, population density, weather...
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