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Belgrade Trust on Carbon Offsets for the Affluent

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Or that the top 7% are responsible for half of all carbon emissions? Most people see this as a reason to loathe the affluent, but wouldn't it make more sense to see them as an enormous opportunity to create fast and dramatic change for global warming? If the... Full Article at Treehugger

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