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The eco-conscious pay to ease guilt
December 10, 2006 by Terence Chea, Associated Press in The Wichita Eagle
December 10, 2006 by Terence Chea, Associated Press in The Wichita Eagle
SAN FRANCISCO - Jill Cody used to feel guilty whenever she drove her car or flew on an airplane. She worried about pumping heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and contributing to global warming.
But the San Jose professor found a way to ease her conscience. She paid a San Francisco company called TerraPass to offset emissions from her car and air travel by investing in wind power and reducing farm pollution.