Reducing greenhouse gas emission while concurrently growing economically is difficult, thus encouraging cheating or changing the rules. Elsewhere, green groups cannot claim their goals have been achieved without losing their own raison d’être. No Honor Amongst Thieves The Trump Administration was widely thought to be determined to withdraw from the Paris Agreement whichlimited greenhouse gas emissions. However, this week it was revealed that the U.S. could remain a signatory provided certain changes are made. Also revealed this week was some “cooking of the books” by EU members when it comes to carbon credits. Apparently, the scam was for capitals to exploit loopholes in the UN’s forestry rules whereby logging targets were incorrectly sta...