Carbon Offsets
2023-05-23 23:46:38.112515+02 by
Dan Lyke
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Guardian: CEO of biggest carbon credit certifier to resign after claims offsets worthless
David Antonioli to step down from Verra, which was accused of approving millions of worthless offsets used by major companies
Last year: Revealed: more than 90% of rainforest carbon offsets by biggest certifier are worthless, analysis shows
The nine-month investigation has been undertaken by the Guardian, the German weekly Die Zeit and SourceMaterial, a non-profit investigative journalism organisation. It is based on new analysis of scientific studies of Verra’s rainforest schemes.
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#Comment Re: Carbon Offsets made: 2023-05-25 18:52:08.0017+02 by:
Dan Lyke
Thanks, missed a quote in the link.
#Comment Re: Carbon Offsets made: 2023-05-24 15:29:44.897149+02 by:
brainopener
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CEO of biggest carbon credit certifier to resign after claims offsets
worthless
#Comment Re: Carbon Offsets made: 2023-05-24 14:29:58.393773+02 by:
DaveP
That first link isn’t so good…
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