The carbon offset industry is using the same sort of โfuture value accountingโ that caused the collapse of energy giant Enron, according to a watchdog group.
When companies like Climate Care and the Carbon Neutral Company sell the public carbon offsets, carbon savings expected to be made in the future are counted as savings made in the present. This is the same technique used by Enron to inflate its profits with such disastrousย consequences.
Farageโs party has shown over the last year that it will attempt to block and reverse clean energy initiatives in its new councils.
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The Alberta premier gave a biblical justification for oil expansion at a Christian conference featuring Conservative MPs and provincial cabinet ministers.
Reform and Green victories set the stage for big climate battles in the years ahead.
