Vocativ Puts Rockefeller Center on the Naughty List

Thanks to the carbon footprint of 45,000+ LED Christmas tree lights.

Not too many people are going to be stuck in the back of a New York taxi for six solid years. However, a round trip flight between New York and Los Angeles is in the cards for many of us, and for those who happen to make that trip this holiday season, there’s now one more worrisome bit of information to deal with.

According to Vocativ science reporter Joshua A. Krisch and visual data specialist and designer Kaitlyn Kelly, the lights on the Rockefeller Christmas tree emit as much carbon as that jetliner trajectory (and that keep-the-meter-running-until-my-kid-graduates cab ride).

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