Carbon neutral cabs: Lyft promises to offset user rides

Madeleine Cuff
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Uber rival Lyft announces plan to offset carbon impact of every journey booked on its platform

Lyft, the major US rival to taxi app Uber, has promised to make all its journeys carbon neutral in a move calculated to appeal to its millennial customer base. Starting last week, the carbon impact...

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