Internet Carbon Footprint

Internet Carbon Footprint

Top of Mind with Julie Rose

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Episode: American Faith & COVID, Amazon Tribes, Ratatouille Musical

  • Feb 2, 2021 9:00 pm
  • 14:15 mins

The pandemic led to a record decline in greenhouse gas emissions globally in 2020, with people doing a lot less driving and flying. On the flip side, the carbon footprint of our internet activity has increased. Renee Obringer is a postdoctoral researcher at the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center and co-author on some recently published analysis of the pandemic’s effect on our internet carbon footprint.