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Frequent flyers have oversized footprint when it comes to greenhouse gases, says study

2013-04-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Edmonton Journal: Alberta households should turn down the heat to reduce their carbon footprint, but it wont help much if the neighbour is taking dozens of airline flights a year, says a newly published University of Alberta study on income and household greenhouse gas emissions. The study, recently published online in the journal Environment and Behaviour, reveals that frequent flyers from upper income households produce a startling volume of greenhouse gas emissions -- their flights alone pump out three times...

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