cm0002@lemdro.id to Environment@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 13 days ago‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentrewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up137cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@beehaw.orggoogle@lemdro.idworld@quokk.au
arrow-up137external-link‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentrewww.theguardian.comcm0002@lemdro.id to Environment@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square11fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@beehaw.orggoogle@lemdro.idworld@quokk.au
minus-squareOni_eyes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·13 days agoLots of companies buy land to use as false “carbon offsets”. Basically, “we prevent this forest from getting logged so it counts against the emissions we produce”
minus-squareTubularTittyFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-213 days agoThen Finland needs to change its laws so that it isn’t allowed.
Lots of companies buy land to use as false “carbon offsets”. Basically, “we prevent this forest from getting logged so it counts against the emissions we produce”
I wish that wasn’t allowed
Then Finland needs to change its laws so that it isn’t allowed.