Neutralize Your Pollution
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Take a personal inventory of your global warming pollution.
You're making a difference!
How does it work?
Even if you have already reduced your driving and electricity use, there's more you can do. You can neutralize the rest of your pollution—through offsets. When you buy offsets, you essentially pay someone to reduce or remove global warming pollution in your name.
For example, when you buy 10 tons of carbon offsets, the seller guarantees that 10 fewer tons of global warming pollution go into the atmosphere. While the pollution you produce yourself is the same, you get the credit for that 10-ton reduction.
Where can you buy offsets?
Shopping for offsets can be confusing. If you're not an expert, it can be hard to tell how much pollution is really being reduced or removed.
We've done the work for you. Visit the CarbonOffsetList.org for a list of offsets that were evaluated by a team of experts and meet our standards for credible, high-quality offsets.
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