Virgin Atlantic Airways has an opportunity on its website to allow passengers to offset their carbon footprint. Virgin Atlantic offers transatlantic flights to London, and other destinations, in one of their many Boeing 747’s.
Read more at:
http://www.virgin-atlantic.com/en/us/bookflightsandmore/carbonoffset/index.jsp
From the Virgin Atlantic website:
4. It’s not like kicking your dogThere have been lots of claims in the press that offsetting is like giving a donation to the RSPCA and then going home and kicking your dog. We don’t think that offsetting is hypocritical if it’s done in conjunction with sound emissions reductions (it’s also a good way to understand your footprint better). We believe reducing emissions is our responsibility (together with other industry players and governments) and that is why we have committed to reducing our carbon emissions by 21,000 tonnes by the end of this financial year, and to improving our fuel efficiency by 30% by 2020. We have also made some suggestions as to how you could reduce your footprint which we hope will at least get you thinking. Oh and please look after your dog.
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