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Big Polluters are Getting a Free Ride With Worthless Carbon Offset Schemes
Many of Australia's big climate polluters are buying Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) to continue enabling them to pollute as usual, says the Climate Council. For many businesses, they have become the first and only course of action rather than a last resort. Moreover, many of these carbon offset schemes do not represent any actual or additional emissions reductions and are therefore no substitute for genuine abatement. Now, as the government prepares to strengthen the law that regulates emissions from [...]
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