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Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

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The Group documents the results of its efforts in the form of Environmental Commendations that consider the entire lifecycle of a vehicle from material production through to recycling. ozone depletion potential (ODP). photochemical ozone creation potential. Click to enlarge. acidification potential.

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The New Supersonic Boom

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Piloting the bullet-shaped Bell X-1 rocket plane in 1947, Chuck Yeager became the first person to exceed the speed of sound while in horizontal flight. The 1964 Oklahoma City tests involved more than 1,000 flights, which sparked more than 15,000 complaints, as documented in a 1971 report prepared by the National Bureau of Standards.

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Flying first class on a single domestic round trip can contribute more greenhouse gas emissions than a year of driving

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Furthermore, myclimate accounts for other warming effects of aircraft emissions (through changes in the ozone layer, initiation of contrails, formation of cirrus clouds, etc.) A documentation for the myclimate calculator includes other aspects of the method used.).

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