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Electricity provider EnergyAustralia made misleading 'carbon neutral' claims, lawsuit alleges

By Ryan Cropp ( August 29, 2023, 05:52 GMT | Insight) -- Electricity provider EnergyAustralia misled its customers by suggesting their energy usage would be 100 percent carbon neutral, court documents show. In documents filed to the Federal Court of Australia and seen by MLex, environmental group Australian Parents for Climate Action said the carbon offsets marketed as part of EnergyAustralia’s Go Neutral product did not cancel out or neutralize the emissions generated by the product. According to environmental group, the “avoidance” and “removal” credits used by EnergyAustralia are not equivalent to removing the emissions generated by Go Neutral, because the removal projects that the company buys are not permanent and ultimately result in a net increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.Electricity provider EnergyAustralia misled its customers by suggesting their energy usage would be 100 percent carbon neutral, court documents show....

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