Globetrotting tourists are leaving a giant carbon footprint on the Earth
It’s not just the getting there. Shopping, dining, hotel hopping all add to the tally.
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GLOBETROTTING Global tourism, including air travel (commercial routes as of June 2009, shown), is responsible for about 8 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions.
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