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Cambridge study says carbon offsets are not nearly as effective as they claim to be.

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[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 year ago

What they're designed to do and what they claim to do are verydifferent things.

Carbon offsets have always been a greenwash that allows the worst polluters to keep polluting while pretending to give a fuck.

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