Sunday, April 15, 2007

The carbon-neutral bandwagon

The carbon-neutral bandwagon

Matt Terrell
Vail CO, Colorado
April 15, 2007

VAIL - Buying wind credits gives peace of mind to us environmental sinners in Vail, but are they worth much else?

There's been some serious back-patting going on ever since Vail Resorts and the town of Vail decided to offset 100 percent of their electricity use with clean, emission-free power produced by wind farmers. It's the first thing you see on the Vail Resorts Web site and has made Vail a leader in this rapidly growing trend of "neutralizing" environmental impacts by investing in renewable energy.

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