Perspective: The Role of Offsets in Climate Change Legislation
Green Car Congress
MARCH 6, 2010
From a global climate change perspective, it does not matter where or from what source the reduction occurs: the effect on the atmospheric concentration of GHGs would be the same. Thus, global net emissions would not decrease, and affected domestic industries would likely see employment losses. Assuming the offset is legitimate—i.e.,
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