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“Our work shows that California’s forest offsets program increases greenhouse gas emissions, despite being a large part of the state’s strategy for reducing climate pollution,” Danny Cullenward, the policy director at CarbonPlan, told ProPublica. “The program creates the false appearance of progress when in fact it makes the climate problem worse.”

“Our work shows that California’s forest offsets program increases greenhouse gas emissions, despite being a large part of the state’s strategy for reducing climate pollution,” Danny Cullenward, the policy director at CarbonPlan, told ProPublica. “The program creates the false appearance of progress when in fact it makes the climate problem worse.”

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WELL NO SHIT HAHAHA, oh God. I remember the first time I was presented to this idea, that was the very first thing that came to mind. There was no incentive to produce less emission or contaminants. It was just pay to contaminate. The one who came up with this should have known this too, and probably did know but didn't care.