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Driving Global Warming: Commuting In Massachusetts and its Contribution to Global Warming
Publication Date: January 2006
Publisher(s): Clean Water Fund (Washington, D.C.); Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group Education Fund
Author(s): Cindy Luppi; Frank Gorke; Mary Braun; Tony Dutzik
Funder(s): Energy Foundation; Oak Foundation USA; Pew Charitable Trusts; John Merck Fund
Funder(s): Energy Foundation; Oak Foundation USA; Pew Charitable Trusts; John Merck Fund
Topic: Environment (Pollution and environmental degradation)
Environment (Weather and climate)
Keywords: Transportation; Global Warming; Land Use
Coverage: Massachusetts
Abstract:
Transportation is the leading source of global warming emissions in Massachusetts and the trips that state residents make to and from work are a major contributor to the problem. Driving Global Warming documents the impact of commuting on global warming emissions in Massachusetts, identifies towns whose commuters produce the greatest emissions, and suggests policy solutions that can reduce the region's contribution to global warming.