Greenwashing or good stewardship? Minneapolis Park Board set to consider extending carbon offset program

The Minneapolis Park Board is poised to approve a third year of selling "carbon offset credits" generated by capitalizing on trees planted throughout the city's parkland to companies that want to claim they're reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The scheme has earned the city more than $100,000, but it hasn't yet caused a single additional tree to be planted.

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