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| Probe Carbon Offsets, Congressmen Say |
| 2007-05-21 |
| (CNSNews.com) - For those who support it, it offers the reward of "carbon neutrality" without having to lower one's standard of living. To critics, it allows guilt-free pollution. Either way, the burgeoning carbon offset industry needs more oversight, say two members of Congress. In a letter to the Government Accountability Office, Republican Reps. Tom Davis of Virginia and Darrell Issa of California asked for an investigation into emission offset programs. About 60 different companies sell carbon offsets to U.S. consumers but operate under virtually no standards, the congressmen said. They cited reports alleging that some organizations get money for emissions that don't exist and that others make large profits on cleanups that would have taken place anyway. |
| Posted by:Deacon Blues |
| #4 I hope they probe them with a cattle prod. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2007-05-21 22:05 |
| #3 Algore could sell refrigerators to the Eskimos. Swamp land to the gullible. Snake oil to the infirm. Global warming and carbon credits to the moonbats. Send Gore to Iraq and have him sell the insurgents and terrorists on the futility of continuing their activities. Have him sell them on converting from islam to Heaven's Gate cult. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-05-21 18:46 |
| #2 Congress is considering multiple bills this year to curb global warming, including a proposal to require federal agencies to use a portion of their budgets to buy offsets. Also known as the "Enrich Al Gore Act of 2007". |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2007-05-21 18:39 |
| #1 Hahahaha! I've already got my $100 million worth of carbon offsets! I shall, as soon as possible, begin marketing those offsets online as a hedge against the planting of trees in the great northwest national forests. ...at $5 per offset... |
| Posted by: FOTSGreg 2007-05-21 18:32 |