What is a carbon offset?

Carbon offsets are an easy and inexpensive way to balance your environmental impact by funding programs and technologies that prevent or sequester the emission of greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide (CO₂). Carbon offsets are purchased from a third party to help cancel out, or “offset,” the environmental consequences produced by our energy-intensive lifestyles.

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