Companies and individuals rushing to go green have been spending millions on “carbon credit” projects that yield few if any environmental benefits...A Financial Times investigation has uncovered widespread failings in the new markets for greenhouse gases, suggesting some organisations are paying for emissions reductions that do not take place...The FT investigation found: Widespread instances of people and organisations buying worthless credits that do not yield any reductions in carbon emissions; Industrial companies profiting from doing very little – or from gaining carbon credits on the basis of efficiency gains from which they have already benefited substantially; brokers providing services of questionable or no value; a shortage of verification, making it difficult for buyers to assess the true value of carbon credits; companies and individuals being charged over the odds for the private purchase of European Union carbon permits that have plummeted in value because they do not result in emissions cuts....Industry Caught in Carbon 'Smokescreen', The Financial Times, 4/25/2007
I'll bet that's surprising.
As we in New York know very well, behind every sanctimonious hypocrite stands a pile of money, either money in hand, or money to be made.
Luther
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