Delta faces lawsuit over 'greenwashing' carbon neutrality claims

Delta Air Lines faces a consumer class action lawsuit for inaccurately billing itself as the world's "first carbon-neutral airline"
The lawsuit alleges that Delta relied on largely bogus carbon offsets, which are under scrutiny for exaggerated benefits
Delta is accused of gaining market share and charging higher prices by claiming to be carbon-neutral, which the lawsuit argues is enabled by the temporary benefits from the offsets that would have happened even without the firm's investment
Campaigners have filed hundreds of climate change-related suits to try to accelerate the world's shift to a low-carbon economy and fight an escalating climate crisis.
Delta disputes the claims and says it is seeking to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.