AP turns into Scrooge on Christmas: ‘Fast shipping is increasing emissions…comes with a climate cost

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AP turns into Scrooge on Christmas: ‘Fast shipping is increasing emissions…comes with a climate cost’
By Marc Morano
December 23, 2025
5:23 pm

https://apnews.com/article/climate-online-shopping-expedited-shipping-fulfillment-center-e809c3508a15033f4707dc2abbb6de69

AP: Fast shipping is increasing emissions. Here’s why delivery has become more polluting

It feels simple: You shop, find something you want and click to buy. It shows up today, overnight or tomorrow. We’ve gotten used to that speed. But that convenience comes with a climate cost.

Multiple factors shape the environmental toll of a delivery. These include the distance from a fulfillment center, whether the shipment rides in a half-empty truck, how many trips a driver makes in the same area and the type of transportation used to move the package.

https://www.climatedepot.com/2025/12/23/ap-turns-into-scrooge-on-christmas-fast-shipping-is-increasing-emissions-comes-with-a-climate-cost/

[Fishrrman]

Many (most) of the amazon delivery vans I see around here are the Rivian electric vehicles...

[GtHawk]

Well that’s just plain stupid, shipped fast or slow it’s still getting shipped the same distance and the same mph, it’s not like the regular speed shipping is going out only fifty percent loaded.

[Kamaji]