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Freightquote.com Offers Carbon Offset Program For Freight Shipping

Posted by FQ Admin on 3/13/2008

Freightquote.com announced today that customers now have the opportunity to offset their freight shipping carbon footprint by supporting clean energy projects. Freightquote, an online freight transportation service, has partnered with TerraPass, the leading retailer of greenhouse gas reduction projects to offer their customers a reliable way to balance out their carbon emissions.

Customers have the opportunity to opt in and have an upcharge added to their shipping cost that goes towards TerraPass projects to offset a corresponding amount of CO2. These projects include energy produced by wind power, farm power such as dairy farm methane digesters, and landfill methane capture. Freightquote now gives customers a simple way to proactively volunteer and address the challenges of climate change.

Freightquote customers quote and setup various types of shipments through its online services. Customers now have the option to select the calculated TerraPass fee and add it to the total shipment price. The small fee is directly based on the mileage of the shipment and the pounds of carbon dioxide emissions that will be offset. This voluntary option will be presented to thousands of shippers every day.

"We are dedicated to proactively addressing and offsetting pollution created through freight shipping. This voluntary program offers an innovative way to allow our customers to collaborate with us and make a substantial impact. We are pleased to partner with TerraPass to support making freight shipping more carbon neutral." said Bill Goodwin, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

About Freightquote.com

Based outside Kansas City, Freightquote.com and its subsidiaries serve customers across North America. The company has over 900 employees and annualized revenues exceeding $400 million. Founded in August of 1998 by Tim Barton, Freightquote.com delivers a vast array of services for a large and diverse customer base. These services enable customers to instantly quote and compare freight rates of hundreds of national and regional freight carriers. Freightquote.com specializes in creating customized freight solutions to meet their customer’s needs, including LTL, truckload, intermodal and air freight options.

Visit http://www.freightquote.com for more information or call (800) 323-5441 to reach Freightquote.com directly.

About TerraPass

Launched in 2004, TerraPass is the leading consumer retailer and marketer of greenhouse gas reduction offsets. Over 100,000 TerraPasses have been sold to individuals, families and businesses to balance out the global warming impact of their flying, driving and home energy use. Together, TerraPass customers have reduced more than 700 million pounds of carbon dioxide emissions, the primary cause of climate change. TerraPass works by funding clean energy and greenhouse gas reduction projects throughout the U.S., including wind farms and biomass energy. Every TerraPass offset purchase and marketing claim is verified by an independent auditor, the nonprofit Center for Resources Solutions, creator of Green-e, the nation's leading renewable energy certification program. More information can be found at www.terrapass.com.