LONDON (AP)

People can now gauge the environmental impact of their lifestyle using an official online carbon calculator.

Britain's environmental authority is inviting people to enter the details of their heating bills, air travel, and car mileage to work out their share of the estimated 554 million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide produced by the country annually.

The government says that about 40 per cent of those emissions can be traced directly to individuals.

While a variety of online carbon dioxide calculators already exist, Britain's environment secretary, David Miliband, said the use of official government data - and open source software - would make it more accurate and more accessible.
21/06/2007 12:09:35 PM