Massive protests unfolded in Glasgow outside the United Nations climate summit recently, with some activists denouncing a proposal to expand the use of a controversial climate action measure to meet net-zero targets: carbon offsetting. Offsetting refers to reducing emissions or removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere in one place to balance emissions made in
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Carbon offsets raise tricky moral questions for policy-makers
