Taylor Swift claims she offsets her travel carbon footprint - how does that work?

Taylor Swift claims she offsets her travel carbon footprint - how does that work? It was her latest private jet flight – a travel habit that has gained criticism due to the jet's inevitable release of carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere. The Grammy Award winner's carbon footprint – the amount of carbon dioxide created via energy use and lifestyle – was originally exposed by Jack Sweeney, a student who tracks celebrities' private jet usage. Swift's publicist told BBC News that she does use carbon offsets to compensate her private jet travel. Getty Images Swift's team claims she has purchased double the carbon credits necessary to offset her private jet flights from the Eras Tour How carbon credits, also known as carbon offsets, work Carbon offsets – including carbon captures such as tree-planting initiatives, since trees absorb carbon dioxide from the air – are purchased to compensate for greenhouse gas emissions.