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Survey of TerraPass members finds they're not buying away their guilt

As always, we need to at least put on our slightly skeptical hat when we get survey results about a group released by that group. Keeping that small caveat in mind, it appears that people who are part of the TerraPass community are not doing so because they want a green ticket excuse for their extravagant lifestyles. Instead, hey, they care. As TerraPass blogger Adam Stein explains, Terrapass sticker buyers are a green bunch. They are five times more likely than the average American to ride public transportation to their job and 22 times more ... Read more →

How about carbon trading credits for ethanol production? Sebastian Blanco

Tom from TerraPass' TerraBlog suggested over the weekend that all this political and commercial rushing towards ramped-up ethanol production in the United States needs to be looked at in a little more ...

TerraPass wipes out 7,500 Hummers (sort of) Sebastian Blanco

While they admit that it is a "meaningless-but-entertaining milestone", TerraPass deserves credit for reaching the 100 million pounds of carbon offset marker this week. While people's cars are still ...

Update from TerraPass on Ford's CEI possibly dirty money Sebastian Blanco

Last week we mentioned a slight controversy brewing over at Ford for their funding of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, which recently produced a series of ads basically claiming "carbon dioxide ...

Is Ford's money dirty? TerraPass is taking an honest look at its partners Sebastian Blanco

I've got to give TerraPass a lot of credit for this post that looks, initially at the "global warming is good for you" crowd at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, and then mentions a possible tie ...

Chevy Suburban with 28 mpg? Not so fast, says Terrablog (UPDATE) 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Voluntary carbon offset programs are a popular idea. Instead of making the more serious commitment to change vehicles – downshifting from a SUV to a compact, a compact to a hybrid or a hybrid to public transportation or bicycle (where reasonable) – someone can just pay money and let ...

TerraPass blog thinks about thinking about carbon offset programs 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

We've talked about TerraPass a bit recently, so it's only fair to let them get a few words in edgewise. Over on their TerraBlog, Adam writes a good piece on the four ways people can talk about carbon offset programs (Adam bases his piece on the four ways first identified in Malcolm Gladwell's ...


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