What are publicly-available sources of climate change data?
- Fuel and Energy Emission Coefficients from the Energy Information Administration
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions explained at fueleconomy.gov
- About the Ratings from the Environmental Protection Agency
- Finding the Engine Size and Underhood Label Identification Number
- How to measure your carbon impact
- Aviation and the Global Atmosphere
- A Consumer’s Guide to Retail Carbon Offset Providers (PDF)
- 2007 Draft U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report
- The atmosfair emissions calculator details (PDF)
- Average Electricity Emission Factors by State and Region
- Fuel Economy Data Download from fueleconomy.gov
- Suggestions from the Live Earth Global Warming Survival Handbook
- The Global Airport Database
- EPA Personal Emissions Calculator with an Excel version at the bottom of the page
- Carbon calculator on climatecrisis.net
- Stop Global Warming action items
- WUSFIF airport codes data, scroll down to the USFIF link, and choose ARPT.TXT from the list
- List of airports by IATA code from Wikipedia
- EIA Electric Power Annual Data Tables
- EPA eGRID database
- EPA Clean Energy Power Profiler
- EPA Fuel Economy Guide, Model Year 2007 in PDF
- Vehicle characteristics and emissions by Beydoun & Guldmann, see page 66
- EIA Annual Energy Outlook 2007 with Projections to 2030, hit “figure data” for Excel formatted datasheets
- Motorcycle Transportation Fact Sheet, scroll to the bottom for mileages
- FlightStats FLIFO API
- BTS T-100 Segment database
- EPA: (old) document on individual emissions
- U.S. Climate Technology CG Equivalencies Calculator that does dioxide equivalents
- List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions (and per capita) from Wikipedia
- United Nations Millenium Indicators
- American Housing Survey from 2005
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Brighter Planet
- How does the annual audit work?
- Why did you partner with Bank of America?
- What’s your strategy for climate change?
- Conserve what you can. Offset the rest.
- Good credit, bad credit
- What is your for-profit or non-profit status?
- What about contributing to environmental charities?
- What are passes?
- Where does the money go?
Carbon Footprints
- What is the average carbon footprint?
- What is a carbon footprint?
- How is my carbon footprint calculated?
- How do I use conservation recommendations?
- How big is a ton of CO2?
- What are regimens?
- What units and measures are used for carbon footprints and offsets?
Carbon Offsets
- How will I know that I’m making a difference?
- What are campaigns?
- How does Brighter Planet choose quality carbon offsets?
- How is an offset retired, and why?
- What is a carbon offset?
- What is the estimation methodology for carbon offset amounts?
- What’s the future of carbon offsets?
- What is the future-stream model for carbon offsets?
- What’s the life of a carbon offset?
- How do you calculate offset equivalents?
- What is "additionality"?
- What is "new construction"?
- What is "permanence"?
- What is "social value added"?
- What is "transparency"?
- What’s the difference between carbon offsets and RECs?
- What standards do you follow?
- What units and measures are used for carbon footprints and offsets?
Climate Change
- What’s your strategy for climate change?
- What are publicly-available sources of climate change data?
- How do renewable energy projects help the environment?
- Why stop climate change?
My Brighter Planet
- How will I know that I’m making a difference?
- As a cardholder, how do I view my rewards online?
- What are teams?
Products
- Who makes credit decisions?
- Good credit, bad credit
- What is a security code?
- How do I go paperless and get 1,000 bonus points?
- As a cardholder, how do I view my rewards online?
- Where does the money go?
Renewable Energy Projects
- How will I know that I’m making a difference?
- How does the portfolio change over time?
- How is a project added to the portfolio?
- What is the Portfolio Promise?
- What’s the importance of project diversity?
- How are projects operated? What happens if one fails?
- What types of projects are there?
- How do renewable energy projects help the environment?
- Can I pick which projects I want to support?
- Where does the money go?