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Carbon offsets
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Carbon offsets are marketed as a mechanism by which individuals and organisations can reduce their net carbon emissions by paying a company which will invest in projects such as tree planting to absorb carbon dioxide or renewable energy projects. However, the actual amount of carbon reduction (if any) from an offset project is difficult to measure, largely unregulated, and vulnerable to misrepresentation. [1]
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Report
- Carbon Trade Watch, "The Carbon Neutral Myth – Offset Indulgences for your Climate", Transnational Institute (Web; Wiki), February, 2007. (Pdf)
Articles and resources
Related SourceWatch Resources
- BP's targetneutral
- Clean Development Mechanism
- Clean Development Mechanism and Carbon Capture and Storage
- Clean Development Mechanism and Nuclear Power
- Chilling and Gassing with the Environmental Defense Fund
- Climate Care
- Carbon Neutral Company
- Greenwashing
External links
- David Suzuki Foundation, "What is a carbon offset?", accessed February 2007.
- Adam Ma’anit and Jutta Kill, et al. "CO2nned: The carbon offsets scam exposed", New Internationalist, Issue No 391, July 2006.
- Sophie Black, "Some companies can't see the environment for the trees", Crikey.com.au (Australia), March 1, 2007.
- Fiona Harvey and Stephen Fidler, "Industry caught in carbon ‘smokescreen’", Financial Times, April 25, 2007.
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