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Excerpt from an article in the Globe's Report on Business....

I don't think flying for business or pleasure is going to go away any time soon. So in the meantime, this is one way to help balance things out!

Canadian Press

May 28, 2007 at 4:03 PM EDT

MONTREAL — — Air Canada [AC.A-T]is offering passengers a way to allay guilt about the environmental impact of air travel by paying for a carbon offset against their plane's emissions.

tags: emissions carbon climate ecosystem dioxide

Over the past several years, Susan and I have been working at becoming more environmentally responsible. It started with organic gardening, and since then we've been able to do a few more things that let us sleep a little better at night. We feel it is our responsibility to lead by example, so I've come up with a list of things we've done, or are in the process of doing:

tags: gardening organic hybrid environment emissions butterflies carbon composting recycling monarch waystation

I found a fascinating program that allows you to offset the effect of your car's carbon dioxide emissions by purchasing something called a TerraPass. The funds thus acquired are invested in renewable energy projects that reduce carbon dioxide emissions. This effectively nullifies your car's CO2 contribution by reducing output from other sources. Ford has teamed up with TerraPass to market this idea to Ford vehicle owners. Apparently, Ford derives no revenue from the program.

tags: hybrid emissions ford escape renewable energy carbondioxide terrapass co2 pzev

There's a very interesting movie coming out soon that looks to be an indictment of the oil and car industries with regard to the development of electric cars. This summer, Sony Classics Pictures is releasing a movie called "Who Killed the Electric Car?" that delves into the history of the Electric Vehicle (EV), and how it was effectively killed in the mid-90s by forcing the California Air Resource Board (CARB) to make the Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) mandate more "flexible".

We'll be catching that one, for sure.

tags: emissions electriccar movies

I find it fascinating to see how severely upset people get when they come upon someone having the nerve to drive the speed limit. I used to drive about 20 km/h over the speed limit on a regular basis. I got very few speeding tickets over the years, and I never had an accident as a result of my speeding. But I was simply very, very lucky.

tags: hybrid emissions tailgating ford escape speedlimit speeding ecodriving