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Carbon offsets: Australia leads the pursuit of ‘greenwashing’


GreenSwitch: The name was instantly appealing, and Australians handed over tens of thousands of dollars to offset their emissions with “green power” certificates from the company.

But GreenSwitch executives, says the Australian government, didn’t bother to purchase all the renewable energy for the certificates they sold. When the government told them to stop, they kept at it for two more months.

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