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1. mike805 (mike805@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 26-May-2023 18:34:07 JST mike805

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   • Mark Ruffalo

   @MarkRuffalo Carbon offsets are basically the modern day medieval indulgences. The financial industry smells money there. And anyone who can patent a process to generate "negative carbon" such as sequestration or blocking sunlight can print money.

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   • Mark Ruffalo (markruffalo@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 26-May-2023 18:34:08 JST Mark Ruffalo

     "The report found that about 93% of the carbon offsets that Chevron is investing in – mostly forests, plantations or large dams – are worthless, meaning they don’t lead to greenhouse gas reductions, they exaggerate any benefits or they risk actually emitting emissions. 'They just don't stand up,' said Nina Lakhani..."

     https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/24/chevron-carbon-offset-climate-crisis?utm_source=eml&utm_medium=emlf&utm_campaign=Email_MB_US&utm_content=variantA