Can’t I simply purchase carbon offsets to cancel out the greenhouse gas emissions my actions cause? Many carbon offsets have serious issues that impact the answer.
Thanks for walking us through this somewhat(for me) confusing issue of carbon offsets. Even after reading this article, I’m still a bit confused. I’ll have to talk with you more about it later. In the meantime, I’ll continue to focus on reducing my emissions based on efforts mentioned in previous posts.
It took me a bit to understand all the problems and to let it sink in that when I was buying an offset (say through Enbridge's GreenTherm for my natural gas use) I probably was not causing any additional emissions reductions beyond what would have occurred if I did not buy the offset. Thanks for your focus on cutting emissions.
Thanks for walking us through this somewhat(for me) confusing issue of carbon offsets. Even after reading this article, I’m still a bit confused. I’ll have to talk with you more about it later. In the meantime, I’ll continue to focus on reducing my emissions based on efforts mentioned in previous posts.
It took me a bit to understand all the problems and to let it sink in that when I was buying an offset (say through Enbridge's GreenTherm for my natural gas use) I probably was not causing any additional emissions reductions beyond what would have occurred if I did not buy the offset. Thanks for your focus on cutting emissions.