Environmentally conscious travelers can now view carbon emissions estimates in Google Flights.
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According to a Google blog post , estimates are both flight-specific and seat-specific, and they appear alongside the price and duration of flights in search results. Low-emission flights have a green badge, and people can sort results with the greenest ones appearing at the top.
But it’s also possible to get a search result with no low-emission flights, Google says. This can happen when flights in the search pollute more than the median carbon emissions of that particular route. In that case, Google recommends trying different dates.
The carbon estimates are part of a new sustainability effort by Google. Last month, the company said it had created a team specifically tasked with highlighting greener options within its travel tools and added the ability to find eco-certified hotels to its search engine.
