Carbon Retirement - the future of offsetting?

Will Nichols
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Removing credits from the emissions trading scheme could eventually force companies towards greener technologies

Carbon trading has not had the greatest press of late, considering the cyber crime hitting the European spot markets earlier this year, ongoing concerns over the efficacy of industrial gas offsets, and...

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