In 2022, the German NGO Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) brought a legal case against TotalEnergies Wärme & Kraftstoff Deutschland against the company’s misleading advertising claiming that its fossil fuel products are “CO₂ compensation”.
That is great, that a court makes a ruling on misleading "offsets." Perhaps now the government agencies will start doing the work of protecting the public from these scams. But, it was government agencies that initiated these marketing schemes to begin with. Re NFTs: Trying to market offsets via the NFT route makes no sense - NFTs are for a durable entity, such as digital art; an "offset" should be bought then extinguished when used, it is VERY fungible.
That is great, that a court makes a ruling on misleading "offsets." Perhaps now the government agencies will start doing the work of protecting the public from these scams. But, it was government agencies that initiated these marketing schemes to begin with. Re NFTs: Trying to market offsets via the NFT route makes no sense - NFTs are for a durable entity, such as digital art; an "offset" should be bought then extinguished when used, it is VERY fungible.