ARE CARBON OFFSETS A COP-OUT?
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The article reports that Chicago-based museum Field Museum is becoming the first in the country to offer some carbon mitigation to go along with the exhibitions. The visitors using their vehicles to visit the museum would now have to pay an extra $1 to pay for carbon emission credits to cover...
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- Paying the climate change piper. Kevin, Tony // Eureka Street;9/12/2008, Vol. 18 Issue 18, p21
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- GHG emissions and mitigation. // TIDEE (TERI Information Digest on Energy & Environment);Dec2009, Vol. 8 Issue 4, p573
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- Untitled. // Utility Week;1/25/2008, Vol. 28 Issue 13, p30
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- Offset your emissions. Pearce, Fred // New Scientist;9/19/2009, Vol. 203 Issue 2726, p35
The article focuses on carbon offsetting, the scheme that enables an individual to offset or redeem his or her carbon-intensive activities. Information is presented on the pros and cons of three general approaches to carbon offsetting, including investing in projects that directly cut emissions,...
- Burning desire for change. Jones, Morag Cuddeford // Brand Strategy;Oct2007, Issue 216, p24
The article examines the possibility of carbon offsetting to prevent global warming. A television advertisement which suggests that the emissions from cows add to the risk of global warming. However, many consumers and businesses opposed the proposition to get rid of these cows because it will...
- The Greening of State's Energy Work Force. Van Horn, Carl E. // njbiz;8/27/2007, Vol. 20 Issue 36, p12
The author offers views on the commitment shown by New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine of reducing the state's greenhouse gas emission by 20 percent in the year 2020 and by 80 percent in 2050. He believes the state's success in meeting these goals depends in large part on its ability to recruit and...
- Kilowatt-hour tax is fairest approach. Rogers, Jim // Power;Jul2008, Vol. 152 Issue 7, p108
The article presents the author's views on the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act (L-W) that proposes reduction of carbon emissions by 60% to 80% by 2050 in the U.S. The author opines that the Act correctly takes an economy-wide approach by capping carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas...
