« Mitigating climate change requires ending the burning of fossil fuels. Offsets distract from this crucial task. »
Camille Ziegler
There is a reason "offsetting" does not exist in the vast majority of cases of avoidable harm to human safety: it would be laughed off as physically absurd and outright fraudulent.
Somehow, in the single most catastrophic physical threat facing our species, it became accepted as normal
The idea that emissions can be offset through projects that claim to avoid releases or to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is fatally flawed.
