,,,Driving Global Warming: Commuting In Massachusetts and its Contribution to Global Warming

Driving Global Warming: Commuting In Massachusetts and its Contribution to Global Warming


 

Publication Date: January 2006

Publisher: Clean Water Fund (Washington, D.C.); Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group Education Fund

Author(s): Cindy Luppi; Frank Gorke; Mary Braun; Tony Dutzik

Research Area: Environment

Keywords: Transportation; Global Warming; Land Use

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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.