How to Use carbon footprint in a Sentence
carbon footprint
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The weight of the glass and the cost of transport account for 29% to 50% of a wine’s carbon footprint.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2025
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The bigger the size, the bigger the carbon footprint, Goyke said.
—Drake Bentley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2022
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And a lot less is known about the carbon footprint of this sort of farming.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 23 Jan. 2024
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The carbon footprint of such monsters could get as low as 6 g/kwh.
—Christopher Helman, Forbes, 28 Apr. 2021
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Do customers care about the carbon footprint of menu items?
—Jenna Schnuer, Fortune, 14 July 2022
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Then use the funds to reward those who maintain a low carbon footprint.
—Will Tizard, Variety, 31 Oct. 2023
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That’s also when the state aims to zero out its carbon footprint.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2022
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View 3 Images Love racing, but not a fan of the sport's carbon footprint?
—New Atlas, 4 Dec. 2024
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Then there’s the problem of the skiers themselves: Most of the carbon footprint in skiing comes from lodging and the cars and planes used to get to the resorts.
—Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2022
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To cut down on his carbon footprint, Suter drives an electric car.
—James Wagner, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2021
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These have a lower carbon footprint, zero waste, and can be on-shored in-store or in the region.
—Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 14 Apr. 2025
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The menu boards at the summit prominently displayed the carbon footprint of each dish.
—New York Times, 12 Nov. 2021
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Henn, though, thinks companies that want to do good in the world need to do more than reduce their carbon footprint.
—Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2021
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One of the grant’s conditions was for the city to devise and enact a way to reduce its carbon footprint.
—cleveland, 16 Nov. 2022
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Looking to cut your carbon footprint or save some coin by opting out of high gas prices?
—Car and Driver, 19 July 2022
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One thing is certain: To reduce its carbon footprint, pet food needs to evolve.
—Shelby Vittek, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Apr. 2021
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Deer are also among the challenges to Britain’s plans to reduce its carbon footprint.
—BostonGlobe.com, 4 July 2021
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Short-, medium- and long-term goals are listed through which the district can use to reduce its overall carbon footprint over the next 25 years.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2025
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The city is designed to be traversable by foot or rail, with a low carbon footprint.
—Daniel Leonard, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2023
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This costs less and also helps shrink their carbon footprint by reducing the number of trucks and buses on the road.
—Matthieu Larivée, Rolling Stone, 17 Aug. 2022
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This also brings down the global carbon footprint on the tracker, so fewer discs need to be removed from the bag each turn.
—Saira Mueller, CNN, 14 June 2024
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So the carbon footprint is probably a little lighter on the E-edition.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2022
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For those of us in the real estate sector, the concern always seemed to be less about the cause of our manmade carbon footprint and more about cost.
—Diane Hoskins For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 27 Sep. 2021
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After all, modern Y2K girls are just as conscious of their carbon footprint as the paw print of their pet Chihuahua.
—Laura Hawkins, Vogue, 30 Mar. 2022
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Divide that amount of gas by the number of people in the world, and that’s the fair amount of emissions – the size of the carbon footprint – that each individual should cause.
—Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Oct. 2023
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But some experts are looking at the carbon footprint of AI itself.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2023
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The company claims that the use of AI is helping cut down the carbon footprint of package delivery.
—Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2024
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All of the above are lessening their carbon footprint by opting for bags over bottles, Evans notes.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Feb. 2025
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And actually what was happening was that people were in a circumstance where their carbon footprint had very little to do with what was causing this impact on them.
—Simmone Shah, Time, 15 Apr. 2025
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For most companies, Scope 3 emissions—those generated by suppliers and logistics—make up 70% or more of their total carbon footprint.
—Romain Pison, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
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