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FTC Offput by Offsets

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the you-need-green-to-be-green dept.

theodp writes "US corporations and shoppers spent more than $54M last year on credits toward tree planting, wind farms, solar plants and other projects, prompting the FTC to question whether carbon-offset money is well spent. 'There's a heightened potential for deception,' said FTC Chairwoman Deborah Platt Majoras of the green-sounding offers that seem to be confronting consumers at every turn."

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  1. Stop, collaborate and listen! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Hammertime!

  2. FTC by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The Federal Tigger Commission.

    not to be confused with the Federal Nigger Commission, aka the Democratic Party.

  3. Marketing expense, and yet... by WindBourne · · Score: 0, Troll

    the feds are trying to stop it. I am guessing that they do not like the heightening of global warming info.

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    I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days.
  4. Greenpeace by Card · · Score: 1, Troll
    > Just who contends that? Seriously.

    Since you asked... did you know that Greenpeace opposes fusion research? In their own words:

    Fusion energy - if it would ever operate - would create a serious waste problem, would emit large amounts of radioactive material and could be used to produce materials for nuclear weapons. A whole new set of nuclear risks would thus be created.