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Is it worth carbon offsetting flights – and how should I do it?

A plane in flight over Stansted Airport, Essex, leaving two vapour trails
Air travel pollutes the atmosphere, but there are ways to make amends through carbon offsetting. Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Guardian

Every week a Guardian Money reader submits a question, and it’s up to you to help him or her out – a selection of the best answers will appear in next Saturday’s paper.

Like Emma Thompson, I take flights but am worried about the impact on the environment. I see various “carbon offset” schemes but never know what it is I’m really paying for, and which companies or sites I should really trust. Is it a good thing to spend money on, and which is best?

Do you have a problem readers could solve? Email your suggestions to money@theguardian.com or write to us at Money, the Guardian, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU.


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