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Luke Barratt

Luke Barratt is an investigative reporter at the investigative journalism website SourceMaterial.

The carbon offsetting system is out of touch with reality

An investigation has found that many of the carbon credits on the market do nothing for the climate at all.

By Luke Barratt

The carbon offsetting system is out of touch with reality

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Two years after Grenfell, dangerous cladding still covers hundreds of buildings

Two years after Grenfell and this building is still covered in dangerous cladding. This was the message projected onto…

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