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Carbon Questions

October 16, 2007

A television documentary has cast doubt on the effectiveness of ‘carbon offset’ schemes.

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‘The Great Green Smoke Screen’ by the British company Channel 4 said it found flaws in the calculation process by which carbon emissions were worked out, and suggested the carbon savings in projects around the world were often less than originally claimed.

This news story is taken from the October 2007 edition of T&E Bulletin.

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