http://www.triplepundit.com/2009/07/why-yahoo-won%e2%80%9aaot-buy-carbon-offsets-anymore/ Business, Better. Since 2005 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.triplepundit.com/2009/07/why-yahoo-won%e2%80%9aaot-buy-carbon-offsets-anymore/comment-page-1/#comment-9704 David Harris Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:34:55 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2009/07/why-yahoo-won%e2%80%9aaot-buy-carbon-offsets-anymore/#comment-9704 To be clear, Yahoo went from zero net emissions (having offset 100% of its somewhat inefficient energy use), to offsetting none of its now or soon more efficient energy use. An accurate headline for its press release could have been "Yahoo announces plans to increase CO2 emissions." Certainly energy efficiency is a must. But so is everthing else we can do to reduce emissions overall, including offsetting with projects that owe their existence to the carbon market. To be clear, Yahoo went from zero net emissions (having offset 100% of its somewhat inefficient energy use), to offsetting none of its now or soon more efficient energy use. An accurate headline for its press release could have been “Yahoo announces plans to increase CO2 emissions.”
Certainly energy efficiency is a must. But so is everthing else we can do to reduce emissions overall, including offsetting with projects that owe their existence to the carbon market.

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