Newspaper’s Footprint: Environmental toll of all the news that’s fit to print

The environmental impacts of getting a newspaper dropped on your doorstep each morning vastly outweigh those of receiving the same information via a handheld electronic device such as a personal digital assistant (PDA), according to an analysis in the June 1 Environmental Science & Technology.

GREEN SCREEN. Getting a newspaper via PDA emits less carbon dioxide and other pollutants than are produced by printing and delivering the paper version.