A cartoon in The New York Times brilliantly captured the mentality behind the latest green trend. It showed a man kneeling at the confessional praying, โForgive me, but I have SUV‘d.โ
The minister takes the proffered bag of money andย replies:
Go thy way, thy sins are offset. You too can be forgiven of your carbon emitting sins and achieve the exalted status of being ‘carbon neutral’ without trading in your SUV or cancelling that overseasย vacation.โ
Here’s a collection of articles we’ve written on the issue carbonย offsets:
Enron-Type Accounting Used to Calculate โCarbon Offsetsโ
Romm on trees and carbonย offsets
The Latest in Offsets:ย Homelessness
Carbon Trading: โBad for the South, Bad for the North, Bad for theย Climateโ
Monbiot: Methane Findings Highlight the Scam of Carbon Trading
