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Revealed: British Gas ‘misleading’ customers over green energy claims

Records obtained by openDemocracy show the energy giant bought ‘junk’ carbon credits from a chemical factory

Revealed: British Gas ‘misleading’ customers over green energy claims
British Gas owner Centrica has used ‘junk credits’ to offset carbon emissions | True Images / Alamy Stock Photo
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British Gas has been accused of misleading tens of thousands of customers by selling them “green energy” that may have no environmental benefit.

The energy giant claims to reduce its climate footprint by using “carbon credits”, which pump money into environmental work abroad.

But our investigation found that almost half the carbon offsets held by British Gas owner Centrica are “junk credits” that were issued under a discredited scheme that critics have called a “scam”.