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Driving Global Warming: Commuting in Maine and its Contribution to Global Warming
Publication Date: January 2006
Publisher(s): Environment Maine Research and Policy Center; Natural Resources Council of Maine
Author(s): Mary Braun; Tony Dutzik; Matthew Davis; Pete Didisheim
Funder(s): Energy Foundation; John Merck Fund; Oak Foundation USA; Pew Charitable Trusts
Funder(s): Energy Foundation; John Merck Fund; Oak Foundation USA; Pew Charitable Trusts
Topic: Environment (Weather and climate)
Transportation (Motor vehicles)
Keywords: transportation; sprawl
Type: Report
Coverage: Maine
Abstract:
Transportation is responsible for nearly one third of global warming emissions in Maine 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 Maine, identifies towns whose commuters produce the greatest emissions and suggests policy solutions that can reduce the region's contribution to global warming