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A movie star appears on a talk show, lectures viewers about saving the environment, then boards a trans-Atlantic flight for a premiere in Milan, releasing untold amounts of greenhouse gases in a vapor trail of hypocrisy and excess.
It’s OK, says the star’s publicist because the celebrity offset the trip by giving money to a forestry project. The trees that get planted will absorb the carbon released by the airplane, making the jaunt carbon-neutral.
But is that really the case? Or are forestry-based voluntary carbon offsets just a big scam?
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Patrick LONGERSTAEY
on Jan 31st, 2009
@ 3:35 am:
Hello,
You say “Kyoto Protocols Clean Development Mechanism, which establishes standards for what constitutes credits, excludes forestry projects” (end of quote).
What about UNFCCC methodologies AR-AM0001, 2, 6 and more which all cover forestry projects?
Best regards,