offsets

Offsets

 * Offset** = To counteract (something) by having an opposing force or effect.

Headlines
[|85% of offsets failed to reduce emissions, says EU study] - [|@transenv]

Elsewhere on the Web
Ethical Consumer's guide to carbon offsets: @http://www.ethicalconsumer.org/buyersguides/energy/carbonoffsets.aspx

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Recommended Listening
[|The trouble with offsets] - Environmental offsets are supposed to compensate for ecosystems and biodiversity that are bulldozed to make way for development. But there’s mounting evidence the policy is being subverted, as governments approve controversial offsets across Australia. Di Martin investigates.

[|The inconvenient truth of carbon offsets]

Quotes
Offsets are an imaginary commodity created by deducting what you hope happens from what you guess would have happened. (Welch, 2007) also cited in [|The Guardian]

Biodiversity
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