Offsets' ups & downs
Tags: GREENHOUSE gas mitigation; GLOBAL warming; CARBON credits; CARBON offsetting
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- A timely death? Bond, Patrick // New Internationalist;Jan/Feb2009, Issue 419, p14
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- turning carbon into gold. Harkinson, Josh // Mother Jones;Jul/Aug2008, Vol. 33 Issue 4, p13
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