That's because those who buy
carbon credits often use them to produce more carbon dioxide (CO2).
Not exact matches
For specific industry applications with high organic loads, enough biogas can be generated to fully cover a production plant's energy needs and still have a biogas surplus to feed it into power generators and sell electricity to the national grid,
often generating
carbon credits, where these apply, as well as profit.
It's the difference between the
often unspeakably bad air of 1990 and the comparatively clean air of today that allows them to sell «
carbon credits» potentially worth billions of euros.
Purchasers of
carbon credits do so to offset
carbon dioxide emissions;
often, this means corporations buying large amounts of
credits to help cover one of the environmental costs of industry.