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Amazon is not capturing this amount of carbon. And the offsets are all smoke and mirrors.
by forestrywat 2mo ago
Amazon is not capturing this amount of carbon. And the offsets are all smoke and mirrors.
- culi 2mo agoevery time I see someone take seriously carbon credits/offsets I lose some hope. Possibly the most successful greenwashing campaign yet. Study after study have shown their uselessness. It doesn't even feel fair to call their problems as "loopholes" when, i.e., 90% of credits are completely worthless https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/18/revealed-forest-carbon-offsets-biggest-provider-worthless-verra-aoe https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/18/revealed... The system isn't broken. It's working exactly as intended.