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Commissioners,
Before going all-in on your support for our state’s carbon trading scheme, please review the article referred to in the link <https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/19/do-carbon-credit-redu
ce-emissions-greenhouse-gases> below.
Greenwashing, anyone?
From: The Guardian 20 Sept 2023
The vast majority of the environmental projects most frequently used to offset greenhouse gas emissions appear to have fundamental failings, suggesting they cannot be relied upon to
cut planet-heating emissions, according to an analysis <https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/19/do-carbon-credit-reduce-emissions-greenhouse-gases> .
Thank you,
Tom Thiersch