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the challenge with carbon offsetting.
Carbon offsetting has had a bad press, with many critics seeing it as an easy alternative to making genuine change. even legitimate schemes are not as effective as they first appear. for example, a tree planted today to offset your carbon footprint will not have a significant impact on carbon until 2045.