does-offsetting-really-distract-from-carbon-emissions 
Terra Infirma
OCTOBER 30, 2023
One of the allegations flung at the Net Zero concept, and Carbon Neutral before it, is that the offsetting element acts like a get out of jail free card, letting polluters carry on emitting with their conscience clear. While that may sound superficially convincing, does it stack up in practice?
Terra Infirma
JANUARY 12, 2022
I’ve mentioned before that over the summer I got into a Twitter row over how much the individual should take responsibility for their carbon footprint. Likewise I don’t really have a viable source of zero carbon food – even staples come with a footprint. This blurred boundary on responsibility extends to offsetting.
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DeSmogBlog
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
Thousands of companies have hitched themselves to the carbon-neutral bandwagon, from fossil fuel producers like BP and Shell, to other household names including United Airlines, Dell, Burger King, and Vodafone. These actors are increasingly turning to voluntary carbon markets (VCMs) to offset their emissions.
Business Green
JUNE 23, 2020
Reports from CBI, EnergyUK, ECIU, and ScottishPower all hammer home calls for ambitious green recovery package. The government has been inundated with calls from green trade bodies, campaigners and academics for it to deliver a green stimulus package in recent weeks. The consensus keeps building.
Business Green
JULY 27, 2021
Concerns about the efficacy of net zero targets are justified, but could condemnation of the concept from Greta Thunberg and others inadvertently serve to undermine efforts to decarbonise? And it's coming from the unlikeliest of quarters. Less than six years on from the Paris Agreement, the combination of the landmark accord's 1.5C
Business Green
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
In order to avoid the most catastrophic climate impacts, the scientists have calculated that global greenhouse gas emissions must fall by 45 per cent by 2030. Meanwhile, the advance of low carbon alternatives to the hydrocarbon-driven economy has been far too slow to meet that challenge. Time is incredibly short.
Business Green
JUNE 29, 2021
Greenwashing' is not new, and nor is regulation designed to protect consumers from companies' misleading environmental claims. But the fossil fuel industry's many critics insist they serve to launder the oil and gas industry's reputation and distract from its continued investment in polluting infrastructure.
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