"...'There's still not a wide consensus on how to measure the carbon impact related to paper,' says Darby Hoover, senior resource specialist for the Natural Resources Defense Council. As a general indication, a March 2008 report by the Book Industry Study Group found that the U.S. publishing industry uses more than 1.5 million metric tons of paper each year, and a 2006 figure estimated carbon emissions at 8.85 pounds of carbon dioxide per book..."

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