The Emperor's New Carbon Offsets

Here.

I agree with Climate Skeptic here:

I don't think Congress cared one bit where the $89,000 was spent. They were spending $89,000 for the tag "carbon neutral" -- for the name itself. If the money was [quietly] dumped in a storm sewer or if it the sum had been broken down into $100 bills and used to light the after-dinner cigars at the latest Sierra Club meeting, it wouldn't matter to Congress one bit. They were buying an $89,000 fig leaf.