The oxygen trade: Leaving Hondurans gasping for air
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 22/06/2013 - 2:24amJune 18, 2013
“We’re not selling this oxygen to anybody,” said Vitalino Álvarez, a participant in the Unified Aguán Farmers´ Movement (MUCA) in the boiling hot northern region of Honduras. Like many places around Honduras and the world, Álvarez’s community is a direct victim of international carbon trading programs—or what residents call “selling oxygen.”