A popular method for reducing carbon emissions may be little more than “hot air,” a new study has found. In past years, financial markets have done increasingly brisk business in “voluntary carbon offsets,” projects that ostensibly capture greenhouse gas emissions — or prevent them from being released into the atmosphere. One of the leading forms…
A popular method for reducing carbon emissions may be little more than “hot air,” a new study has found. In past years, financial markets have done increasingly brisk business in “voluntary carbon offsets,” projects that ostensibly capture greenhouse gas emissions — or prevent them from being released into the atmosphere. One of the leading forms…