Carbon Offsets Daily

Brookings University recently studied carbon emissions in to determine their carbon footprint. The study focused on car and residential emissions, and did not include industrial greenhouse gas emissions. Instead, researchers at Brookings used an earlier research on industrial greenhouse gas emissions in conjunction with their report on residential greenhouse emissions to reach their total.

The top cities, Honolulu and Los Angeles, had less that two tons of greenhouse gas emissions per person per year, and the worst cities emit two and a half times as much.

Researchers have that those who live in large cities leave a smaller carbon footprint than others because of mass transit options and higher prices for utilities like water and electricity.

The Brookings report calls for a in federal funding, including funding for mass transit and tax liability for buying large, energy wasting homes. The report also recommends federally funded research for renewable energy sources and research into energy and development.