Who Regulates Retail Offsets?

James S Murray
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The company you work for has just gone carbon neutral, but how do you - as an individual - know which retail offsets really reduce greenhouse gas emissions? Alice Kenny investigates

Matthew Kotchen was preparing to speak on a subject he knows all too well when he received an e-mail he's seen all too often. "Go without guilt," the e-mail offered. "Go Zero!" It came just after...

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