Environment

What is a carbon footprint?

Daily activities, such as heating your home or driving a car to work, generate greenhouse gas emissions like CO2.  These greenhouse gases act like a blanket, trapping heat near the Earth's surface and warming the planet.

Your carbon footprint is a measure of your impact on the environment, in terms of the carbon dioxide emitted as a result of your day-to-day actions. 

You can reduce carbon emissions by practicing energy conservation.  And, you can offset these emissions by purchasing green power from right here in the Tennessee Valley.