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Study: Carbon offsets aren’t doing their job, overstate impact(arstechnica.com)

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

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…its been a scam the entire time. it was a way for rich people to pay the poor people to shut up about ruining the planet, and nothing more. Not sure why anyone ever thought this was going to be effective. taxing pollution does NOTHING to stop it.

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