Green groups join Sierra Club lawsuit against San Diego carbon offset plan

Published 17:06 on March 20, 2018  /  Last updated at 21:36 on January 30, 2020  / Matthew Lithgow /  Americas, US, Voluntary

A number of environmental organisations on Monday signed on to a lawsuit against the County of San Diego’s revised Climate Action Plan (CAP), alleging that the programme relies on offsets imported from out-of-state or abroad to counteract local, potentially environmentally-damaging development.
A number of environmental organisations on Monday signed on to a lawsuit against the County of San Diego’s revised Climate Action Plan (CAP), alleging that the programme relies on offsets imported from out-of-state or abroad to counteract local, potentially environmentally-damaging development.


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