ARE CARBON OFFSETS A COP-OUT?
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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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- Untitled. // Utility Week;1/25/2008, Vol. 28 Issue 13, p30
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- Audubon View. Flicker, John // Audubon;Sep/Oct2007, Vol. 109 Issue 5, p10
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- Burning desire for change. Jones, Morag Cuddeford // Brand Strategy;Oct2007, Issue 216, p24
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- Beyond Lightbulbs. Jarvis, Brooke; Pibel, Doug // Yes!;Spring2008, Issue 45, p44
The article presents the efforts made by typical American family to become a carbon free household in the U.S. Some of the ways of becoming carbon free in 10 years include washing clothes in cold water and air drying them in summer, replacing incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescents (CFLs),...
- 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,...
