By Alexandra Scoville, The Republic | azcentral
West Valley communities are making a big mark on the environment — and not always a good one.
Areas surrounding Litchfield Park and Avondale leave larger carbon footprints — carbon-dioxide emissions — compared with other West Valley cities. And areas such as Sun City and Youngtown make smaller ones, according to research from the University of California-Berkeley.
Since 2007, dozens of Berkeley researchers have participated in the CoolClimate Network project. The project, funded by the California Air Resources Board, initially focused on helping California cities educate their populace about carbon consumption, research associate Chris Jones said. It has since expanded to measure carbon-dioxide use in cities across the United States.
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