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D.C. Region Has Nation's 12th Highest Carbon Footprint
posted 8:20 am Thu May 29, 2008 - WASHINGTON
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A study out Thursday shows northern Virginia-Washington D.C. region is among the metropolitan areas with the highest levels of carbon emissions per capita.
The study by the Brookings Institution says the Washington metro area is 12th and Richmond is 15th in terms of carbon emissions per person.
The numbers suggest that Virginians are extremely dependent on driving and use dirty sources of electricity that expands the area's so-called carbon footprint. The per capita numbers are smaller in major cities like New York and Los Angeles in part because of mass transit and population.
The Hampton Roads area of Virginia is 65th in per capita emissions.
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