Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 3 days ago

Companies are buying up cheap carbon offsets − data suggest it may be more about greenwashing than helping the climate

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Companies are buying up cheap carbon offsets − data suggest it may be more about greenwashing than helping the climate

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Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 3 days ago

cross-posted to:
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A deep dive into 866 public companies and 1,413 carbon projects reveals some twists in who relies on cheap offsets and who chooses to cut their own emissions instead.

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It “may” be? What kind of cockamamie reporting is this

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