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Polluting firms can purchase carbon offsets (also known as carbon credits) to reduce their environmental impact. Does it work?

Carbon Offsets and the Market for Guilt Reduction

For years, polluting firms have been able to purchase carbon offsets, also known as carbon credits, to reduce their carbon footprint and say they are not contributing to global warming. Is this actually the case?...
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Saddique Ansari • January 28, 2020 • 1 min read

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What is a carbon tax?

A carbon tax is a tax on carbon emissions, and is a type of pollution tax used to cut C02 emissions and provide an incentive to switch to cleaner energy.

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