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Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Carbonfund.org & Carbon Offsets - Worth It?

"A closer look reveals an unregulated [carbon offset] market in which some improvements bought by customers are only estimated, extrapolated, hoped-for, or nil. Some offsets support projects that would have gone forward anyway. Others delivered results difficult to measure."

Carbonfund.org
http://www.carbonfund.org/

Cost of Saving the Climate Meets Real-World Hurdles
by David Fahrenthold & Steven Mufson
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/15/AR2007081502432.html

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