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[–] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

"We're carbon neutral!... assuming the dollar we gave to a company in a third world country results in the proper tree being planted, growing, and being undisturbed for 8 years!"

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    Or the dollar we gave to not cut down a forest that was already a nature reserve and was not able or going to be cut down anyway but has now resulted in thousands of “saved” trees on paper.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago*

    That ONE trick EU bureaucrats hate: After German drug store chain DM lost a lawsuit over the term, they have now switched to using "environmentally neutral" on own-brand products. Although, maybe they're just waiting for the next lawsuit to be brought against them. (The products so labeled are generally a little bit better than the regular products but they still heavily rely on CO2 compensation.)

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