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Nike’s non-additional carbon credits from 2006 have found a new life. In ACR’s buffer pool
Old carbon credits never die.
 • Chris Lang
Finite Carbon is majority owned by BP, one of the world’s biggest polluters. It sells carbon offsets from trees that are not in danger
New investigation from SourceMaterial and Floodlight reported in The Guardian.
 • Chris Lang
Forest offsets go up in smoke in California’s “forever fire”
A key part of California’s cap-and-trade scheme relies on offsets from the state’s forests.
 • Chris Lang
The US Securities and Exchange Commission must not let Big Polluters get away with offsetting instead of sweeping structural change
On 21 March 2022, the US Securities and Exchange Commission will hold a meeting to discuss its proposed “climate disclosure rule”.
 • Chris Lang
California postpones decision on Tropical Forest Standard until April 2019
At the end of last week, California’s Air Resources Board held a public meeting to consider the endorsement of the California Tropical Forest Standard…
 • Chris Lang
Environmental racism and cap-and-trade in California
In July 2017, California voted to extend its cap-and-trade scheme until 2030.
 • Chris Lang
California governor Jerry Brown wins cap-and-trade vote and increases oil industry hand-outs
On 17 July 2017, California’s Assembly and Senate voted to extend the state’s cap-and-trade legislation until 2030.
 • Chris Lang
Governor Jerry Brown is working with the oil industry on California’s climate policy
California’s Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32) expires in 2020.
 • Chris Lang
California Governor Jerry Brown’s sticky links to the oil industry
Last week, Donald Trump announced his decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement.
 • Chris Lang
How California’s cap and trade market undermines environmental justice
Last week, Senator Bob Wieckowski (D-Fremont) and Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) gave a press conference about a new bill…
 • Chris Lang
New video: “A Darker Shade of Green: REDD Alert and the Future of Forests”
A new video by the Global Forest Coalition and the Global Justice Ecology Project is deeply critical of REDD.
 • Chris Lang
If carbon markets boom, who will benefit? Meet the trillion dollar club
“Carbon will be the world’s biggest commodity market, and it could become the world’s biggest market over all,” Louis Redshaw, head of environmental…
 • Chris Lang
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