I will be the first to admit that I certainly don’t know even half of what there is to know to lead a completely green lifestyle. In fact, I have never personally purchased a carbon offset. I don’t travel much and try to take steps to be efficient with my driving. That being said, I am always trying to educate myself and I saw a tweet come across from someone I am following on Twitter that alerted me to a very educational article about Renewable Energy Certificates vs. Carbon Offsets. Evidently it really is all about emissions…

In the U.S., there are two parallel and related, but distinct,environmental markets — the market for renewable energy certificates (REC) and the market for voluntary emission reductions (VERs), also known as carbon offsets.

Learn more by reading REC vs. Carbon Offset: Do You Know the Difference?