Comments on: “Greenwash guerrillas” invade carbon conference http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2007/10/31/greenwash-infiltrators-invade-carbon-conference/ Global environmental challenges Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:03:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Green disinformation stunt fools media | Bali News http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2007/10/31/greenwash-infiltrators-invade-carbon-conference/#comment-332441 Green disinformation stunt fools media | Bali News Thu, 06 Dec 2007 07:50:35 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2007/10/31/greenwash-infiltrators-invade-carbon-conference/#comment-332441 [...] company and another site impersonating that of USCAP to complete the illusion. In October they infiltrated the Point Carbon conference to oppose carbon-trading [...] […] company and another site impersonating that of USCAP to complete the illusion. In October they infiltrated the Point Carbon conference to oppose carbon-trading […]

]]> By: Matt http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2007/10/31/greenwash-infiltrators-invade-carbon-conference/#comment-332072 Matt Thu, 01 Nov 2007 01:18:30 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2007/10/31/greenwash-infiltrators-invade-carbon-conference/#comment-332072 Brilliant action! Sadly - the overwhelming rhetoric in business these days is "don't worry - you can make money on climate change". For better or worse that may be true - but the danger lies when making money is the object, and "false solutions" are proposed that exacerbate the problems of climate change while pretending to do good. Carbon offset schemes are a prime example of this. And for the follies of carbon trading - one needs only look at the European ETS. It is universally acknowledged that the ETS system has been a failure thus far and their attempts at carbon trading have resulted in billions of profits for the largest polluters, while emissions have actually increased. Brilliant action! Sadly - the overwhelming rhetoric in business these days is “don’t worry - you can make money on climate change”. For better or worse that may be true - but the danger lies when making money is the object, and “false solutions” are proposed that exacerbate the problems of climate change while pretending to do good.

Carbon offset schemes are a prime example of this. And for the follies of carbon trading - one needs only look at the European ETS. It is universally acknowledged that the ETS system has been a failure thus far and their attempts at carbon trading have resulted in billions of profits for the largest polluters, while emissions have actually increased.

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