Battlecard: We Can Just Buy Offsets
Respond to offset-first arguments using the mitigation hierarchy and residual-impact logic.
battlecard flashcard We can just buy biodiversity offsets, so there is no reason to slow the project layout. Offsets may have a role for residual impacts, but only after we document feasible avoidance, minimization, and restoration. Before we price credits, let's test the layout alternatives that could prevent the highest-value habitat impact. The line does not reject offsets outright. It reframes them as the final step in the mitigation hierarchy and asks for decision evidence before compensation is used. Offsets let us keep the cheaper design. Project team wants to avoid redesign. Your line Cheaper design is not the full…
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