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A proposed consumer class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges Delta Air Lines made “false and misleading” claims of being the world’s first carbon-neutral airline while relying on invalid carbon offsets.
Delta should pay damages to customers for misrepresenting itself as a carbon-neutral airline in marketing campaigns and advertisements that persuaded customers to purchase more expensive tickets they believed had no effect on the environment, according to the complaint.
The lawsuit, filed by California resident Mayanna Berrin in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, said Delta premised its carbon neutrality on the purchase of carbon offsets from the voluntary carbon market, rather than achieving carbon neutrality through sustainable fuels and carbon removals as initially promised.
“Nearly all offsets issued by the voluntary carbon offset market overpromise and underdeliver on their total carbon impact due to endemic methodological errors and fraudulent accounting on behalf of offset vendors,” Berrin’s attorneys wrote in a complaint.
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