Offset Your Amtrak Train Travel
Thank you for choosing to travel by rail with Amtrak. As a more energy efficient mode of travel, rail contributes less per passenger mile to global warming than either cars or airplanes. When you travel with Amtrak and offset your emissions here, you play an important role in reversing global warming and improving the future of our environment. Choose an offset or calculate your footprint, and enjoy your trip!
Select an Offset Option
Cost: $4.50
Travel offset: 2,500 miles
CO2 offset: 992 lbs.
Equivalent to: Two round trips
from Boston to Washington, DC
Cost: $10
Travel offset: 5,500 miles
CO2 offset: 2,182 lbs.
Equivalent to: Two round trips
from Los Angeles to Portland
Cost: $20
Travel offset: 11,113 miles
CO2 offset: 4,409 lbs.
Equivalent to: Two round trips
from Pittsburgh to Los Angeles
Calculate Your Footprint
Why Offset?
Carbon offsets represent the reduction of CO2 in one location, like a renewable energy or reforestation project, to offset the CO2 produced in another location, like your home or office. But with other carbon offset providers out there, how do you choose where to go?
