23 Feb 2009

Read Online or In Print: What’s the Greener Way to Get Your News?

Treehugger has an interesting topic on their newsletter today; What is better for the environment printed news or digital news? Check it here or read the conclusion:

Online & Print Both Have An Eco-Impact, Where It's Located Is Just Different However, as something to look to for the future, and how we allocate resources in general today, I think it’s still worthwhile paying attention to. Not to mention that the claims that getting your news online really helps the environment aren't categorically true. It may cut down on paper usage, which is no bad thing, but unless your electricity comes from carbon free sources, your just shifting the resource consumption from one place to another.

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