Americas > British Gas latest firm to be found offsetting with old, dodgy carbon credits

British Gas latest firm to be found offsetting with old, dodgy carbon credits

Published 02:19 on October 1, 2022  /  Last updated at 02:50 on October 1, 2022  /  Americas, Asia Pacific, China, EMEA, EU ETS, International, Kyoto Mechanisms, Nature-based, Other APAC, South & Central, Voluntary

British Gas has offset its energy production using hundreds of thousands of old carbon credits from a Chinese industrial gas project that have been banned in Europe due to their questionable environmental integrity.
British Gas has offset its energy production using hundreds of thousands of old carbon credits from a Chinese industrial gas project that have been banned in Europe due to their questionable environmental integrity.


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