silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 year agoOffsetting has been hailed as a fix for runaway emissions and climate change—but the market’s largest firm sold millions of credits for carbon reductions that weren’t real.www.newyorker.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up197arrow-down10cross-posted to: earth@hexbear.net
arrow-up197arrow-down1external-linkOffsetting has been hailed as a fix for runaway emissions and climate change—but the market’s largest firm sold millions of credits for carbon reductions that weren’t real.www.newyorker.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square11fedilinkcross-posted to: earth@hexbear.net
minus-squarefederalreverse-old@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoThey likely switched to another, similarly scammy provider.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoThe whole market crashed. It’s not just this scammer or that one
minus-squareBen Matthews@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoIt’s crashed and revived before, selling a feel-good drug that satisfies addictions to high-energy lifestyles, real-world impact was never the point.
They likely switched to another, similarly scammy provider.
The whole market crashed. It’s not just this scammer or that one
It’s crashed and revived before, selling a feel-good drug that satisfies addictions to high-energy lifestyles, real-world impact was never the point.