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Carbon footprint,

Definition of Carbon footprint:

1. The total of greenhouse gas emissions produced by an individual, an event, a product or an organization generally expressed in tons of carbon dioxide. A carbon footprint for a business could be the emissions produced in the manufacture of a product or the amount of electricity consumed for its daily operation.

2. The amount of carbon dioxide and other carbon compounds emitted due to the consumption of fossil fuels by a particular person, group, etc.

How to use Carbon footprint in a sentence?

1. Reducing our carbon footprint would mean giving up, not merely our SUVs, but many of the little things Americans enjoy.

Carbon Footprint

The impact of a person or organization's activities on the environment, measured in units of carbon dioxide. It includes primary emissions (the sum of direct carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion and transportation, such as cars and airplanes), as well as secondary or indirect emissions associated with the production and degradation of every product, service and food that person or organization consumes. † † †