Shell Silently Abandoned Its $100 Million-a-Year Plan to Offset CO2 Emissions
Shell Silently Abandoned Its $100 Million-a-Year Plan to Offset CO2 Emissions
A faltering offsets program points to new problems with the corporate world’s favorite “climate solution.”
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Guess it's time for CO² taxes on fuel/oil production and export, yes?
24 0 ReplyAs long as shell uses some of that money for lobbying that isn't going to happen
6 0 ReplyI'll never understand how lobbying became a thing. It should have been shut down as anti democracy the second it was proposed
10 0 ReplyI also can't understand lobbying. To me, a non-US person, it just seems like legalized corruption.
7 0 ReplyBecause that's exactly what it is. It's a way for the rich to force the policies they want while quelching any policies they don't.
5 0 ReplyA shocking number of our laws are written by lobbyist. Like you can't import foreign cars unless they're the exact model sold in the US or over 25 years old, because of anti competive laws created by automotive lobby's.
4 0 ReplyIt doesn't only happen in the US
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