TITLE

CARBON OFFSETS - THE FACTS

PUB. DATE

July 2006

SOURCE

New Internationalist;Jul2006, Issue 391, p14

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article offers information related to carbon offsets. A study shows that the global voluntary offsets market has rapidly increased from one million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2001 to 9.5 million in 2004. The U.S. has less global population but consumes nearly 25 percent of the world's energy resources. Several scientific studies emerged that were uncertain on the notions that trees and other plants absorb carbon from the atmosphere.

ACCESSION #

21545703

Tags: CARBON;  CARBON dioxide -- Environmental aspects;  ENERGY consumption;  TREES;  PLANT-atmosphere relationships

 

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