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What does carbon neutral mean?

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making no net release of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, especially through offsetting emissions by planting trees.

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Carbon neutral is an act that a person can take to offset carbon emissions created by driving, burning fossil fuels or really anything that releases CO2 into the atmosphere. To be carbon neutral a person has to plant trees or plants to make their carbon emissions neutral or 0.
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