Go Green Radio

When we think about tracking the carbon footprint of a company or a region, we typically take into consideration things like energy use, transportation and manufacturing. But today’s guest, Adam Smargon, is a doctoral candidate at the University of Delaware’s Center for Energy and Environmental Policy, and his dissertation addresses another source of carbon emissions –artificially carbonated beverages. In April 2011, Mr. Smargon had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, the chairperson of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), who said that he had no knowledge of any studies on this topic, and encouraged Adam to pursue this project. On today’s episode, Adam will discuss the scope of the carbon emissions of the beverage industry, and possible solutions to offset the emissions.