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While an Estonian resident's average environmental footprint exceeds the planetary boundary – a measure of human impact on the environment – by 3.8 times, there is great variation by region and also socio-economic group, independent think-tank the Foresight Center says.
Residents in the Northeast of Estonia, despite living in the region which is home to the country's oil shale energy sector, exert the smallest environmental footprint, the study, entitled "The Environmental footprint of Estonian residents by social groups and regions", states. Part of the reason for this is the wider-spread use of district heating, which has a smaller environmental footprint, the Foresight Center says.In North Estonia, including Tallinn, 80 percent of households use district heating also, and consequently this is another area where the environmental footprint is below the national average.
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