Offsets
(Voluntary Markets, e.g.,
Corporations plant trees to offset Air Travel.)
Articles
Will a Carbon Market Happen? 0524
Can Forests Be More Profitable than Beef? 0524 - a question for the Amazon region
Tree Plantations Try to Offset Our Carbon Pollution. Here’s the Problem. 1023 - emphasis on lack of additionality, would have happened anyway. Also tree species in plantations are wrong for most or all of the plantation land types.
Canada’s Explosive Wildfires Have Damaged a Forest Carbon Offset Project 0623
Ancient Amazon Charcoal Seen as Next Big Thing in Carbon Markets 0623
Chevron’s Carbon Offsets Are Mostly Junk and Some May Harm 0523
Deforestation Inc. - How 'Green' Firms Prevent Climate Action 0323
Finance Is Failing the World’s Best Defense against Climate Change 0223
A $39 Trillion Investor Alliance Gives Warning on Carbon Offsets 0223
Investor Group Bans Carbon Removal from CO2 Reduction Plans 0123
Africa Has a Major New Carbon Market Initiative 0123
More than 90% of Rainforest Carbon Offsets by Biggest Provider Are Worthless 0123
Capturing Carbon with Giant Algae Ponds in the Middle of the Desert 1122
Selling a Cleaner, Affordable Cooking Fuel, Ethanol, for Kenyan Homes 1122
Multi-Million $ Forest Regeneration Carbon Credits Yielded Fewer Trees 1122
Why the $100 per Ton Target for Carbon Removal May Be ‘Pure Fantasy' 1022
Airlines Are Misleading Flyers with Carbon-Neutral Claims 1022
Wildfires Are Destroying California's Forest Carbon Credit Reserves 0822
Cleaning Up Airline Travel Is Going to Be Really Expensive 0622
Let’s Not Pretend Planting Trees Is a Permanent Climate Solution 0622
In an Increasingly Warmer World, Trees Are Not a Climate Change Cure-All 0522
Companies Can Soon Start Paying the Bahamas to Store Carbon in the Ocean 0522
Qantas Places Burden of Cleaning Up Aviation on Sustainable Fuel 0322
Should You Buy Carbon Offsets for Your Air Travel? 0122
CoP26 Finally Set Rules on Carbon Markets. What Does It Mean? 1121
We Need a Bigger Planet to Fix the Climate with Trees 1121
Net Zero Commitments from Companies in Hard-to-Fix Sectors 1021
Will Russia’s Forests Be an Asset or an Obstacle in Climate Fight? 0721
Planting Trees “Doesn't Make Any Sense" in Fight against Climate Change 0721
Only 4-5% of Corn Belt Farmers Are Planting Crops to Store Carbon 0621
5 Things to Know about the Global Race to Net Zero 0621
The Fastest Ways Aviation Could Cut Emissions 0521
One of Canada’s Biggest Carbon Sinks Is Circling the Drain 0521
Shipping Now Faces the Highest Price on Carbon for Any Global Industry 0521
A Climate “Solution” Actually Adds Millions of Tons of CO2 to the Atmosphere 0421
Delta to Spend $30 Million to Offset Most of Its 2020 Impact on Climate 0321
Businesses Aim to Pull Greenhouse Gases from the Air 0121
United Airlines Turns to CO2 Removal Technology to Offset Emissions 1220
Are Carbon Markets for Farmers Worth the Hype? 0920
Why ‘Carbon Offsets’ Don’t Do All That They Promise 0820
Is Carbon Farming a Climate Boon or Boondoggle? 0620
Is Carbon Sequestration on Farms Actually Working to Fight Climate Change? 0420
Spanish Oil & Gas Company Vows to Become a Net-Zero Carbon Emitter 1219
If Carbon Offsets Require Forests to Stay Standing, What Happens When the Amazon Is on Fire? 0819
Stripe Inc. Says Offsets Aren’t Enough; It’s Time to Pay for Negative Emissions 0819
Scientists Zero in on Trees as a Surprisingly Large Source of Methane 0619
Why Carbon Credits for Forest Preservation may Be Worse than Nothing 0519
Lyft - “We are now a fully carbon-neutral company.” 0918
Grasslands May Be More Reliable Carbon Sinks than Forests in California 0718
This “Carbon Removal Marketplace” Will Make Buying Offsets Easier 0618
Hawaii Just Passed a Law to Make the State Carbon Neutral by 2045 - 0618
Climate Scientists Unlock Secrets of ‘Blue Carbon’ 0118
California - Taking the Economic Temperature 10 Years after A.B. 32 - 0916
Rice Growers on the Front Lines of U.S. Carbon Markets 0116
Forest Dieback Could Undermine U.S. Plans to Cut CO2 Emissions 1115
Rice Farmers Now Eligible for Carbon Offset Payments 0615
Could Forests Help States Offset Coal Plant Emissions under EPA Rule? Probably Not 0115
U.N. Carbon Offset Market to Be 'in a Coma' for Years 1113
Environmentalists Look to Carbon Markets to Slow Grassland Conversion 1113
California Air Rules Allow Business to Pay Someone Else to Slash Emissions 0813
Mangrove Conservation Is Economic 0812
How Much Carbon Does a Tropical Tree Sequester? 0710 - The average tropical tree will sequester ~25 kg, or 55 lbs, of carbon per year. A hectare
Climate Bill Impact on Agriculture Gets Clearer 1209
Services of Coral Reefs, Forests Worth Trillions 1109
Carbon Offset Markets to Grow 4x by 2015 - 1109
Section Map: Economics, etc.