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WALTER WINCH

KC Earth Notes Blog

Walter Winch blogs regularly on the environment and hopes you’ll join in the discussion. Walter’s opinions are his own and don’t necessarily reflect views of The Kansas City Star. Read his blog.

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Calculate your carbon footprint

- 05/01/2008 08:06 AM CDT

Going green is a worthy goal, but the goal can seem amorphous. Bottom-line sorts want specifics. Here’s a fair question: What am I doing, day to day, that’s so ungreen? To help answer that question, “carbon calculators” have proliferated online, promoted by environmental groups, foundations and government agencies.

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MORE ENVIRONMENT STORIES

China's panda preserves reported safe

G-8 ministers stress environment protection

Pesticide and industrial pollution reduced in U.S. coastal waters

EPA testing air after twister in toxic Okla. town

Use of wind energy expected to grow dramatically

Decline seen in coastal contamination

McCain urges free-market solution on warming

Democratic senator calls for GOP to alter energy policy

Pollution brings end to mining town in Oklahoma

Air pollution in Wyo. community rivals that of big cities

Conservationists, developer reach major Calif. land deal

Australia's Koalas at risk from climate change

Oil companies agree to settle MTBE contamination lawsuits

Senate Democrats criticize EPA for impeding science

System uses sound to find whales, avoid ship strikes

U.S. consumers rank last in world survey of green habits

Scientists: Warming may be greatest threat to tropical species

Survey shows US honey bee deaths increased over last year

With food costs rising, ethanol benefits now questioned

EPA might not act to limit rocket fuel in drinking water

Calculate your carbon footprint

- 05/01/2008 08:06 AM CDT

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