Carbon offsets allow some companies to hide poor performance on cutting own emissions, government advisers say
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Offsets can mask insufficient efforts from firms to cut their own emissions, often deliver less than claimed, and can muscle out other environmental objectives in the rush to capture carbon, the Climate Change Committee warned.
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