Carbon Offsetting: a best practice guide

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Amy Sims offers some useful advice on why you should be careful when offsetting carbon emissions, and when cheating on your partner.

Have you cheated on your partner recently? No worries, you can offset the emotional damage and neutralise your conscience simply by funding someone else to be faithful. Some of you probably have to cheat...

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