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Carbon footprint calculators

Use these tools to learn how to reduce your carbon footprint at home and in the office.

Carbon Footprint Calculator
The SafeClimate carbon footprint calculator allows you to determine carbon dioxide emissions from major sources: home energy consumption and transportation by car and plane.

Personal Emission Calculator  
EPA has developed tools to help individuals (and households) reduce greenhouse gas emissions and take action. Businesses and organizations interested in educating their employees and members about what they can do at home to help protect our climate can also use these tools.

Your Recycling Program and Climate
EPA and its partners have developed several tools to help individuals and organizations determine the greenhouse (GHG) impact of their purchasing, manufacturing, and waste management actions.

Calculate your office footprint  
Carbon offsetting is the third and final step in office greening after resource conservation and sustainable purchasing.

Carbon Emissions and Air Quality are part of larger ecological systems. Click here to access Ecological Footprint Calculators for calculating your lifestyle’s impact on natural resources.

Climate Change & Greenhouse Gas Resources

Climate Literacy: The Essential Principles of Climate Sciences
Introductory guide to climate science and science literacy produced by NOAA.

Governor’s Commission on Climate Change Report
Report based on the findings of Governor Kaine’s Commission on Climate Change focusing on Virginia impacts and responses needed to address climate change.
 
Food-Miles and the Relative Climate Impacts of Food Choices in the United Stated (David has the pdf)
Technical article detailing the complexities of calculating food-miles and proposed methods for calculating food-miles.
 
Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States
Report generated by the U.S. Global Change Research Program highlighting potential regional climate impacts to the U.S.
 
Climate Change Data Clearinghouse
VIMS database resource cataloging biological, physical, and miscellaneous data related to climate change.
 
Ecological Impacts of Climate Change
National Academies of Science primer on climate change with accompanying PowerPoint Presentations highlighting potential regional changes throughout the continental U.S.
 
NOAA Climate Program Office
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Program Office which houses information related to climate observations & monitoring and climate research & modeling.
 
EPA information on Climate Change
Environmental Protection Agency overview of climate science, U.S. Climate Policy, health & environmental effects of climate change, and what citizens can do about climate change.

 

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