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In my day job at the Sierra Club, I had the privilege of organizing a 2000+ rally in Seattle to support the Environmental Protection Agency's finding that global warming pollution is a danger to our health and well being. It was thrilling to see people of all walks of life -- toddlers and their concerned moms, junior high schoolers, college activists, doctors, lawyers, native americans -- all come out to say, "Yes, our federal government is taking on this enormous challenge, thank you!"

 Ecobly companies make a difference every day by producing green goods here in the U.S. and giving us a choice for low carbon products.

You can watch me riling up the crowd on stage with the children, for whom everything is at stake: YouTube Clip

Talking about their carbon footprint is the new conversation in board rooms throughout the corporate world. This awareness is good, but is industry overlooking their biggest sources of pollution?

 Researchers at Carnegie Mellon have tracked how companies measure their climate pollution,  and found that they're missing large parts of their "footprints."

The study's abstract, posted on CM's website, reads: