Carbon Offsets - What are they and How?
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How to Buy a Carbon Offset
What are Carbon Offsets?
By purchasing carbon offsets, you help fund a project that prevents one ton of greenhouse gases from being emitted for each ton that you have caused. Carbon offset providers sell the greenhouse gas reductions associated with projects like wind farms or methane-capture facilities to customers who want to offset the emissions they caused by flying, driving, or using electricity. (Though they're called "carbon" offsets, they offset all greenhouse gases that cause global warming, from carbon dioxide to methane.) Many of the organizations are non-profit and may be eligible for tax donation considerations.
Start here for a good overview.
http://www.wikihow.com/Buy-a-Carbon-Offset
The 44-page Consumers' Guide to Retail Carbon Offset Providers can be found at this location:
www.cleanair-coolplanet.org/ConsumersGuidetoCarbonOffsets.pdf
Links to sites with Greeen Initiatives or information
- Purchase Carbon Offsets @ NativeEnergy
- Purchase carbon offsets and receive tax credit in most cases. The FAQ page is quite helpful at explaining what offsets are, how you purchase them, how your money is used and how it benefits you.
- Google leads Green Initiative
- Mashable reports that Google has joined the Green Initiative along with other computing companies to establish aggressive standards for efficiency and reducing greenhouse emissions.
- Carbon Offset Definition
- n. A donation or other act that aims to remove a certain amount of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to compensate for the same amount of carbon dioxide that someone or something has added to the atmosphere.
- 50 ways to go green and reduce your carbon footprint
- A very easy article on how to go green without becoming a hemp wearing hippie.
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Documents and ebooks with more detail about Carbon Offsets
YouTube vids
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- Pensioners to receive extra money to offset impact of carbon tax
- The federal government rolls out its carbon tax compensation for seniors this week, worth more than $700...
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