Several sources claim that the concept of an ecological footprint or carbon footprint was invented by fossil fuel lobbyists to shift the responsibility for climate change from big oil to private consumers. For example, see this article on interestingengineering.com: But it turns out the concept of tracking your “carbon footprint”, a trendy way of measuring your personal impact on the environment, is a marketing term coined by an advertising firm on BP’s payroll. Sourcing this op-ed in T...
