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Further Reading on Carbon Offsets
Get more info on carbon offsets in these other worthwhile sources.
HowStuffWorks knows how carbon offsets work, including why people buy carbon offsets, and how to buy them.
The Tufts Institute, widely regarded and one of the most authority sources on carbon offsets is overflowing with information, like a no-nonsense digital brochure on the topic and they also have an overwhelming extensive list of the companies internationally offering carbon offsets.
A lovely little primer in layperson terms on all things carbon offset related can be found at Unravelit.
The Guardian newspaper does some digging and finds a hole, not once, but twice.
Carbon Trade Watch’s Carbon Neutral Myth PDF.
The Sydney Morning Herald investigates a carbons offsetter’s struggle to find enough land to plant all their pledged trees. And then discovers that even when they are planted their future is not assured, especially when confronted with (climate change induced) long term drought.
The ever reliable Wikipedia has a useful page on carbon offsets.
euets.com is the European-basedcarbon trading internet marketplace, while the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) is “North America's only and the world's first global marketplace for integrating voluntary legally binding emissions reductions with emissions trading and offsets for all six greenhouse gases.”
The British Financial Times uncovered widespread failings in carbon offset programs but went on to provide ’A guide to good carbon offsetting’, even offering an online Interactive guide.
New Internationalist magazine also did an expose on the whole issue and they weren’t impressed. Read one or two of their articles citing their concerns. Again its is not so much the concept they struggle with but the on the ground management that ensures effective results.
Another esteemed publication, WorldWatch Magazine has devoted a goodly chunk of its July/August 07 issue to the challenges of the carbon offset industry. At time of writing this issue was available for purchase online.
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