MSU prof calls for carbon [dioxide] labeling of consumer goods | MSU News | Michigan State University

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Labeling products with information on the size of the carbon footprint they leave behind could help both consumers and manufacturers make better, environmentally friendly choices.

A Michigan State University professor and colleagues, writing in the April issue of the journal Nature Climate Change, said that labeling products, much like food products contain labels with nutritional information, could offer at least a short-term solution.