Is My Morning Coffee Climate Friendly?

You love your morning coffee and you love the planet. So, you might wonder what your caffeine habit means for climate change.

Coffee isn’t a huge climate polluter, but it does produce greenhouse gases. On the high end, a kilogram of roasted coffee can produce 40 kilograms or more of carbon dioxide equivalent, according to Dave White, director of the Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation at Arizona State University. That means a single bag of beans can represent the same emissions as driving a few dozen miles in a gas-powered car.

We asked the experts about the ground rules for coffee and climate.

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