Greenpeace: Forests don't belong in carbon market - BusinessWeek

Environmental group Greenpeace on Monday criticized plans by some countries to tackle global warming by letting polluting industries in wealthy nations offset carbon emissions by replanting tropical forests. Full Story »

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by Michael Bugeja - Mar. 30, 2009

This bylined AP report against plans by some countries to allow polluting industries to plant cheap forests, to offset pollution, is really just a Greenpeace PR release. No other sources or viewpoints are disclosed; and if the topic is that important to Greenpeace, then it should be explored via standard journalism methods--finding those who disagree, citing facts, conducting research and otherwise doing more legwork and less promotion.

This AP report on the Business Week site qualifies so much as a PR release that I provide a link to that effect on Inside PR. The dispatch, bylined ... More »

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