Don’t Be Fooled by ‘Carbon Neutral’ Shipping.
Online shoppers are sometimes given the choice to pay a little more to make their purchase “carbon neutral” or use so-called carbon neutral shipping. In theory, for a few extra bucks, you can negate the greenhouse gas emissions caused by your online purchase.

If it sounds too good to be true, that’s because it is.

Those few dollars might cause a temporary warm glow effect, as #environmental psychologist Lorraine Whitmarsh put it to me, but it won’t last. And experts say you should be skeptical of those promised #climate benefits.
#climatechange #christmas
https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/blog/what-is-carbon-neutral-shipping/