Offsetting damage to climate is no doubt a great way to postpone the real changes that need to be introduced across the developing world. The way that this is conducted in many cases has been widely criticised in terms of effectiveness, where some offset programs arguably do not have the intended impact.
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Worms used to make compost, whether at home from biodegradable waste or commercially for large scale fertilizer production are responsible for creating threatening greenhouse gases, as reported at zeenews.com.
German scientists claim that nitrous oxide is produced in the digestion process of decomposing material in the worm’s gut, a gas that contributes to global warming 296 [...]

Japanese scientists have announced how the production of 1Kg of meat costs the environment more than “going for a three-hour drive while leaving all the lights on at home”, as revealed by the Guardian.
Most of the greenhouse gas emissions are emitted in the form of methane from belching cattle, but the meat production process also [...]

Carbon emissions from the shipping industry are reported to be about twice that of previous estimations, according to the FT, bringing it to 1.2bn tonnes per year. The aviation industry emits only about half of that.
“The report by DK Group, which is developing technology to make ships more efficient, found shipping’s emissions were much higher [...]

The second phase of carbon trading is coming under way for the period 2008-2012 introducing tougher allocations of carbon credit: most countries will be given 10% less credits than in the first phase of the ETS.
This is a relief since the over-allocation in the first phase, but countries and companies alike are already complaining.
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