Green Options » olympic environment http://greenoptions.com/tag/olympic-environment Posts tagged 'olympic environment' Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:07:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Olympic Torch Generates Protests AND Pollution http://ecoscraps.com/2008/04/28/olympic-torch-generates-protests-and-pollution/ http://ecoscraps.com/2008/04/28/olympic-torch-generates-protests-and-pollution/#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:07:11 +0000 mcmilker http://ecoscraps.com/2008/04/28/olympic-torch-generates-protests-and-pollution/ torchmap.jpg The Olympic torch on its journey to Beijing is leaving a historic trail of CO2 emissions.

Slate.com, tracking the emissions of the torch, reports that… Through Thursday’s stop in Canberra, the relay has traveled an estimated 40,875 miles, burned 220,725 gallons of jet fuel, and released 5,270,913 pounds of CO2.

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