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The Carbon Crunch

"Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth." -Henry David Thoreau

More and more people, small businesses and large, gas-guzzling companies are becoming hip to carbon emissions offsets and carbon-neutral lifestyles. But are carbon offsets really worth the hype? And what exactly are they offsetting?

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  • September 2007

    • Do Carbon 'Offsets' Really Offset Anything?

      Los Angeles Times  |  Sep 2, 07 4:09 PM CDT

      Do Carbon 'Offsets' Really Offset Anything?

      (Newser) - Everyone from Al Gore to Coldplay has jumped on the carbon offset bandwagon, but the Los Angeles Times reports that their payments don’t actually make the air any cleaner. Here's how they work: "Offset” companies invest in existing clean energy and win the right to sell “reductions” in their name. When greenies pay up, they're only buying emission-less energy that would have been running anyway.    More »

  • July 2007

    • Live Earth Fights Warming, Skepticism

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 7, 07 8:29 AM CDT

      Live Earth Fights Warming, Skepticism

      (Newser) - Today's concert in Sydney kicks off the 24-hour Live Earth series, which puts over 100 acts on stages on seven continents to fight climate change. Along with raising awareness, the concerts are raising eyebrows at  the hypocrisy of using jet-setting rockers as role models for reducing greenhouse gases, and questions about how much environmental harm the shows themselves will create. More »

  • June 2007

    • China's CO2 Output Passes US

      BBC  |  Jun 20, 07 5:25 AM CDT

      China's CO2 Output Passes US

      (Newser) - China has overtaken the US as the world's biggest CO2 emitter. A Dutch study says China is coughing up 9% more fossil fuel into the air than last year, compared with a 1.4% increase from the superpower across the Pacific. And the trend is up: China's industry is growing so fast, it's building two new power stations a week to meet energy demands. More »

  • April 2007

    • Carbon Offsets Are Often Scams

      Financial Times (UK)  |  Apr 26, 07 7:56 PM CDT

      Carbon Offsets Are Often Scams

      (Newser) - Carbon offsets—the credits gas-guzzling consumers buy to cancel out their carbon production—may do little or nothing more than assuage consciences, a Financial Times investigation concludes. Some companies sell worthless credits; others use them to finance environmental projects they had planned anyway. And consumers have no means to know when they're getting scammed. More »

    • Sorry, Al: Tree Planting May Speed Warming

      Guardian (UK)  |  Apr 10, 07 9:06 AM CDT

      Sorry, Al: Tree Planting May Speed Warming

      (Newser) - Planting trees to offset your carbon footprint not only won't slow global warming, it may worsen its effects, a new study claims. Trees growing outside a small band of tropical zones don't cut the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere by enough to offset the heat their foliage traps, says atmospheric scientist Govindasamy Bala in the Guardian . More »

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Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore speaks at the Climate Change Forum, organized by DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food and Rural affairs) at Lancaster House in central London, Thursday June 21, 2007....   (Associated Press)
Fergie of U.S. band the Black Eyed Peas performs on stage during the British leg of the Live Earth concerts at London's Wembley Stadium, Saturday July 7, 2007. This concert is part of a series of events,...   (Associated Press)
Greenpeace activists carry a giant tableaux of a carbon dioxide spewing dragon during a campaign at Kuta beach, Bali, Indonesia Monday, June, 4, 2007. Greenpeace protested against coal industry gathering...   (Associated Press)
Sunflower Electric Cooperative's coal-fired power plant churns out electricity in this Friday, Feb. 2, 2007 file photo in Holcomb, Kan. Sunflower and state lawmakers are vowing to challenge the rejection...   (Associated Press)
England captain David Beckham and coach Sven Goran Eriksson step off the plane as the England team arrive back from the FIFA World Cup Finals at Heathrow Airport, in London on June 22, 2002. DIGITAL IMAGE....   (Getty Images)
A truck delivers trash to a landfill gas utilization facility in Hong Kong Friday, Jan. 25, 2008. The Hong Kong Environmental Protection Department joined forces with a local gas company to build the...   (Associated Press)
A forest in the Adirondack Mountains is seen from the Tongue Mountain Range in the Town of Bolton, N.Y., Tuesday, May 15, 2007. People worried about global warming increasingly are trying to "offset"...   (Associated Press)
A factory in the UK is seen in this undated file photo. Two prominent bishops are urging British citizens to trim their carbon emissions for Lent, this year.   (Shutterstock.com)
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