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According to a report in the Financial Times, Chinese companies are using a loophole in the Kyoto Protocol to produce huge amounts of carbon credits to in turn pocket huge amounts of money for comparatively little investment.

From New Energy April 2007 65570
  

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Hi. According to a report in the Financial Times, Chinese companies are using a loophole in the Kyoto Protocol to produce huge amounts of carbon credits to in turn pocket huge amounts of money for comparatively little investment. From New Energy April 2007 65570 Here is what a report in the Financial Times says.

  • Hi.
  • According to a report in the Financial Times, Chinese companies are using a loophole in the Kyoto Protocol to produce huge amounts of carbon credits to in turn pocket huge amounts of money for comparatively little investment.
  • From New Energy April 2007 65570 Here is what a report in the Financial Times says.
  • There is a legal way to avoid doing what the Kyoto Protocol says must be done.
  • Chinese companies are using this way.
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Hi.

According to a report in the Financial Times, Chinese companies are using a loophole in the Kyoto Protocol to produce huge amounts of carbon credits to in turn pocket huge amounts of money for comparatively little investment.

From New Energy April 2007 65570

Here is what a report in the Financial Times
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produce huge amounts of carbon credits to in turn pocket ...



pocket is a noun or verb here, what does "credits" refer to
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They get carbon credits for not polluting the atmosphere with carbon-based substances. They can sell these credits.

pocket - verb - to put in your pocket, i.e., to keep something
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two of their most complex and audacious attacks of the war. Nearly insurgents
killed 10 French paratroopers in an attack near Kabul. At least 10 suicide bombers
mounted a coordinated assault on one of America's largest military bases, wounding
three American and six Afghan soldiers. An earlier atta
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Hi,
The news out of Afghanistan is truly alarming. This week, Taliban forces staged
two of their most complex and audacious attacks of the war. Nearly insurgents
killed 10 French paratroopers in an attack near Kabul. At least 10 suicide bombers
mounted a coordinated assault on one of America's largest military bases, wounding
three American and six Afghan

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