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MACDONALD: Pussy Cat ‘Offsets’

June 6, 2026June 6, 2026 Steve MacDonald

Are you familiar with the term “offsets”? It is a consideration or amount that diminishes or balances the effect of a contrary one. It is also the amount or distance by which something is “out of line.” For the past forty years, give or take, the word has been used in place of “indulgence.” “A … Read more

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Can NH Profit from the Carbon Offset Scam?

July 29, 2024 Steve MacDonald

New Ham Last week, Gov. Chris Sununu signed the state’s first law pertaining to these programs, which will fund a Department of Revenue Administration study on the potential lost timber tax revenue and require the Division of Forestry to create a registry of all carbon offset sites in the state. It was introduced in the state House … Read more

Some Restaurants Have Begun Adding a Carbon Footprint Fee to Customer’s Checks

October 30, 2023 Steve MacDonald

Having worked in every sort of restaurant, I am very forgiving. I get it. Full service, fast food, delivery, I’ve done it all. I also tend to tip above average even though I live a modest lifestyle because I get it. Even subpar service is worth something. But on Saturday, our server plumbed new lows.

Bud Light’s “Next” Blunder – Climate Neutral Beer

June 20, 2023 Steve MacDonald

BUD Stock rebounded (a bit) in June, as Bug Light sales continue to flounder. You can buy that swill for a song after the Mulvaney mishap, which overshadowed another woke move we all missed. Bud Light might be gender neutral Bud Light “Next” is climate neutral.

WIRED Magazine Exposes the Social and Environmental Costs of the “Green” Agenda

August 30, 2023February 23, 2023 Steve MacDonald

Our readers are no strangers to reports, exposes, documentaries, or commentaries about one of the green movement’s biggest lies. It’s not only not green; it’s brown and black and killing brown and black people.

Would You Be Surprised to Learn About Another Carbon Offset Scam – This Time In New Guniea?

February 14, 2023 Steve MacDonald

Last week we reported on accusations that Verra, a business that takes money and then claims to protect South American Rain Forrest so Big Everything can claim to offset their carbon footprint, was a scam. What are the odds there would be a second carbon credit scam?

Would You Be Surprised to Learn That ‘Carbon Offsets’ Are a Scam?

February 6, 2023 Steve MacDonald

One of the earliest schemes to ping my radar as a political blogger was the green movement’s idea of buying indulgences for emitting. Even in 2008, Carbon offsets had all the makings of a confidence scam.