Carbon offsetting is a nonsense.
Any company that uses it, is doing nothing other than buying a grant to pollute.
This is important. If knowledge is power then shared knowledge is EMPOWERING.
I can't speak for everyone but I think its beyond time that 'we the people' become empowered and I think the begins with truthful science.
I read an article recently which I will share here shortly about a woman named Elizabeth Bik who has made it their career chasing after fake or untrue scientific publications.
Ita a wild world we are living in. Good to know people are out there fighting for the rest of us.
- i asked a question very recently like what would happen to emissions if the whole world went vegan
- feel free to check my history and join the discussion on it
- do you think we ll cut down emissions by 60%?
I wouldn't qualify "These commitments appear to rely on offsetting carbon emissions rather than decarbonizing directly" as greenwashing, although it is indeed a bit misleading.
“from the world’s largest meat and dairy companies”
Title length limits are tough but this is pretty critical context.