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3-2-1 ... Blast Offsets!
Efficacy of House of Reps' carbon offsets questioned |
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28 Jan 2008 |
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| Posted at 7:10 AM on 28 Jan 2008 Some greens and congressfolk are questioning the efficacy of the U.S. House of Representatives' recent purchase of $89,000 in carbon offsets as part of their greening the Capitol initiative. "It didn't change much behavior that wasn't going to happen anyway," said Joseph Romm of the Center for American Progress. "It just, I think, demonstrated why offsets are controversi ... |
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