Look, it's simple. Carbon credits are a scam and have always been a scam.
The atmosphere doesn't care about our accounting tricks. Anyone who says that we can pump more greenhouse gases and pollutants into the air, but it'll be fine because we'll "compensate" for it, is lying.
What we need everyone to understand next is that this is why "net zero" is also a hoax. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/24/carbon-credit-speculators-could-lose-billions-as-offsets-deemed-worthless-aoe