“Climate friendly”, “CO2 neutral”, “climate neutral” and similar claims will be banned in the EU from 2026.
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230918IPR05412/eu-to-ban-greenwashing-and-improve-consumer-information-on-product-durability
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230918IPR05412/eu-to-ban-greenwashing-and-improve-consumer-information-on-product-durability
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I’m assuming not. We don’t have anything close to enough decarbonized supply chains, nor the requisite chain of custody tracking.
Like the time I was doing diligence on a carbon capture company for some investors, and told them that every ton captured required 0.5-1.5 tons of emissions worth of electricity.
Like talking to a wall.
Some, like carbon neutral, could have meaningful definitions assigned and actual measurement applied but in practice all such efforts to date have become giant scam attractors. It’s a VERY hard thing to quantify even with good intent.
It is fact that nearly all “carbon offset” projects worldwide are something between highly questionable and blatant fraud.
If not… What a missed opportunity!
I suspected as much.
Just making a dent in “Clean
Coal” propaganda would be fantastic!
We really need to curb mining, using and exporting coal in Australia.
Hey #auspol ✊