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Cars.com finds a TerraPass fleet is the right move

How much carbon does the fleet of vehicles over at KickingTires spew? For starters, about 26 tons. That's at least what the Cars.com team has decided is the right amount of Terrapass carbon offsets to buy for the fleet, and senior editor Dave Thomas said that this initial purchase will be reviewed as the cars' emissions are more accurately rated in the coming months. He told AutoblogGreen that he expects he'll need to buy more to round out the year, but for now, at least, when Cars.com reviews a huge SUV, somewhere an angel gets its wings a ... Read more →

uShip partners with TerraPass for environmentally conscious shipping Sebastian Blanco

Earlier this year, TerraPass sold its 100,000th sticker. The momentum to offset a vehicle's carbon emissions continues, and you can now participate in the program even if you're not in your car uShip ...

NJ firefighters make red trucks green to fight global warming and fires Sebastian Blanco

In Robbinsville, New Jersey, the Professional Fire Fighters Local 3786 has see the light. Used to fighting fires around town, the fire fighters have gone green to help fight global warming. Compact ...

TerraPass updates online CO2 calculator Sebastian Blanco

It's a minor change, but over at TerraPass, the carbon-offset-powers-that-be have added a comparison bar to the online emissions calculator. Now, when you input information to figure out how much your ...

CO2 offset milestone: 100,000 TerraPasses sold Sebastian Blanco

If I can't buy a hybrid or get an EV for 'round town needs, then perhaps a carbon offset sticker is the right move. That's what at least 100,000 people have decided, according to the leading ...

How commuting by bicycle can reduce your car insurance 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Adam Stern, writing over at TerraPass, has been describing his trials and tribulations as he shifts to being a more regular bicycle commuter. The other day, he wrote how his increased pedal miles have reduced his insurance dollars. Obviously, his story isn't completely transferable to everyone, but ...

Survey of TerraPass members finds they're not buying away their guilt 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

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 ...

FlexCar goes greener by offering carbon offsets from TerraPass 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Car sharing service FlexCar is teaming up with terrapass to provide their members the opportunity to be even more environmentally friendly. FlexCar members can now login on the website and buy a Green Membership for $9.95 that will offset up to 1 ton of CO2 over the next twelve months. Members who ...

TerraPass re-names CO2 emission stickers 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Are you an around towner or a road tripper? Or perhaps you are a cross towner or an out of towner. TerraPass, the carbon offset program, would like to fit you into one of these four new categories for their alternative energy investment sticker program. Actually, the categories aren't new, just the ...

Ease your guilt by offsetting your air travel 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Just in time for the Labor Day Weekend, two on-line travel agencies, Travelocity and Expedia, have recently launched carbon offset programs for their travelers. Expedia teamed up with the carbon offset experts at Terrapass. The program allows a traveler to pay his/her offset fee anytime before ...

How about carbon trading credits for ethanol production? 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

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 relaxed way. While there are new ethanol plants announced regularly, the plants all differ in how ...

TerraPass wipes out 7,500 Hummers (sort of) 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

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 driving them around, the TerraPass program has taken "the equivalent of taking almost 15,000 Honda ...

Update from TerraPass on Ford's CEI possibly dirty money 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

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 good for you" and attacking the new movie "An Inconvenient Truth." On Friday, TerraPass got an ...

Is Ford's money dirty? TerraPass is taking an honest look at its partners 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

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 between TerraPass and their main car manufacturer partner, Ford. Adam's post initially ridicules CEI ...

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 ...

Comparing TerraPass and Ford's Greener Miles ad images 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Browsing the net all day can make some of the ads on various sites blur a little together. After spending a lot of time looking at automotive pages this week, I realized something quirky about the promotional items for TerraPass and Ford's new Greener Miles program (their partnership program with ...

Ford's "Greener Miles" just their version of TerraPass 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

I’m not quite sure what the difference is between Ford’s new Greener Miles program, in partnership with TerraPass, and the regular TerraPass program (see here). Still, getting one of the big three to promote the idea of carbon offsetting is a good idea, and props to TerraPass for the ...

More on TerraPass and other voluntary offset programs 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

The other day, I wrote about TerraPass, a way to buy your way out of your car’s polluting ways, a sort of indulgence for the modern age. TerraPass is just one such sticker-based way to announce that, “yeah, I drive but I’m considerate”, as this New York Time article ...

TerraPass - take your car off the road and yet keep driving 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

If you’re interested in buying a new hybrid or converting your old Mercedes to run on SVO, but don’t have the time or money right now to make that sort of thing happen, there is an easier way to greenify your car, and you can do it today with the car you already own. TerraPass is ...


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