silence7@slrpnk.net to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoPrivate jets are awful for the climate. It’s time to tax the rich who fly in them | US Senator Edward J Markeywww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1405arrow-down16cross-posted to: climate@slrpnk.net
arrow-up1399arrow-down1external-linkPrivate jets are awful for the climate. It’s time to tax the rich who fly in them | US Senator Edward J Markeywww.theguardian.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square35fedilinkcross-posted to: climate@slrpnk.net
minus-squareEggyhead@artemis.camplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoMaybe a dumb question, but how does providing money actually offset emissions? Are there emission vacuums somewhere that require payment to operate?
minus-squarethreegnomes@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agonot real ones, most of them are scams where countries accept money in order to not deforest areas they werent going to anyway, double dip, or just deforest regardless
Maybe a dumb question, but how does providing money actually offset emissions? Are there emission vacuums somewhere that require payment to operate?
not real ones, most of them are scams where countries accept money in order to not deforest areas they werent going to anyway, double dip, or just deforest regardless