Double Jeopardy: Carbon Offsets and Human Rights Abuses

http://www.counterpunch.org/checker09092009.html

Publisher:  CounterPunch
Date Written:  09/09/2009
Year Published:  2009  
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX9551

Whether you're a climate change denier or doomsayer, an avid recycler or rabid consumer of plastic bottles, there is one very good but little-known reason to oppose carbon offsets: their immediate and dire human costs.

Subject Headings

• Carbon Emission Credits
• Carbon Offsets
• Human Rights