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Though you would have received a 30 page booklet on your carbon-footprint, totally oblivious to the irony of it. on February 3, 2010 at 9: 32 pm Adam
The Truth Behind The £100 Phonecalls « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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There's a carbon-footprint cost here which is just not acceptable.
Former mayor Ken Livingstone attacks Tottenham's Olympic Stadium plans 2011
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I also think the author misses the point in comparing the two from an ethical stand-point: I've never once heard anyone argue against fur due to its carbon-footprint.
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This is the carbon-footprint of all of Britain's imports, gadgets, office towers, and so on.
Boing Boing 2009
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Nuclear power has the potential to be a sustainable, low carbon-footprint source of virtually limitless energy.
David Katz, M.D.: Aftershocks: Reasoning Along The Fault Lines M.D. David Katz 2011
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But the carbon-footprint benefits of organic foods become less clear over larger distances because of the efficiency of the nationwide distribution systems for mass-produced foods.
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I also think the author misses the point in comparing the two from an ethical stand-point: I've never once heard anyone argue against fur due to its carbon-footprint.
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Nuclear power has the potential to be a sustainable, low carbon-footprint source of virtually limitless energy.
David Katz, M.D.: Aftershocks: Reasoning Along The Fault Lines M.D. David Katz 2011
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Companies have been announcing plans for carbon-footprint reduction, publishing sustainability reports, creating billion-dollar clean energy investment funds and forming sustainability coalitions with corporate customers, suppliers and even competitors.
Sustainability Must Be Central To Corporate Strategy Now Dean Krehmeyer 2010
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But the idea of carbon-footprint labeling didn't resonate as a very viable or desirable tool for manufacturers.
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