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Corporations invested in carbon offsets that were ‘likely junk’, analysis says
(www.theguardian.com)
Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.
As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades:
How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world:
Recommended actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the near future:
Anti-science, inactivism, and unsupported conspiracy theories are not ok here.
I mean yeah, no shit. The idea that you could buy off your carbon footprint was always ridiculous. It reminds me of letters of indulgence.
Are there legit credits? Yeah probably, but who is overseeing it? What’s stopping a polluter from faking it?
I should start selling carbon credits. I'm just as legit as everyone else. I even have a few potted plants.
Honestly I support this. You probably deserve money more than all those billionaires that are currently profiting off them.
I haven't committed fraud, genocide, I'm only accidentally racist on rare occasion, and I never been bribed. You literally can't find a better source for Sabatas Carbon-based Super Credits.