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When environmental solutions feel like elaborate self-deception

I started buying carbon offsets for my flights but I suspect it's just paying money to feel less guilty about destroying the planet.

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What we've seen

Market-based environmental remedies offer the appearance of moral action while potentially reinforcing the systems they claim to address.

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Worth thinking about

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