Travelers can now pay $2 for offset 1,000 miles worth of carbon emissions through The Good Traveler program, which the city announced in a news release Jan. 3.[/caption]

Austin-Bergstrom International Airport announced Tuesday a program that allows passengers to pay $2 to offset carbon emissions for 1,000 miles of flying.

The Good Traveler Program, which was launched a year ago by San Diego International Airport, is available at a handful of airports in the U.S. ABIA became the first airport to pilot expansion of the program, according to a city news release.

“Austin’s airport has worked to minimize its environmental impact starting with its construction in the 1990s. Now our travelers have the opportunity to personally make air travel more sustainable,” said Jim Smith, executive director of ABIA.

Air travelers who contribute to the program can choose where their funds are spent, such as a wind farm and forestry project, a Colorado Delta Restoration project and reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation in the Congo and Zambia.

More information is available at www.thegoodtraveler.org.