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One Solution to the Crisis: Kneecap and Trade

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By Ross Gelbspan
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โ€œAs Australian companies prepare to trade emissions, climate criminals are cashing in on similar schemes overseas. Interpol has warned companies to beware of bogus โ€˜carbon creditsโ€™ that fail to lower emissions. One Interpol agent said the carbon market would be irresistible to criminal gangs. โ€˜In future, if you are running a factory and you desperately need credits to offset your emissions, there will be someone who can make that happen,โ€™ he said. โ€˜Absolutely, organized crime will be involved.โ€™ โ€œย ย 

By Ross Gelbspan

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