The Guardian has found that the international system for offsetting carbon emissions is rife with “incompetence, rule-breaking and possible fraud.” Plus, it’s a bizarre system in the first place – hey, I can dump garbage in my front yard if I pay you to plant a tree somewhere. Right, like that’s a long-term solution, even if it could be monitored by an international system with the power to enforce, which it clearly isn’t.
AP has documented that those states in the US with the most carbon emissions are precisely those states where coal is burned the most to produce electricity. This will come as little surprise for those of us who know how nasty coal is.
