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“Recipe for Greenwashing:” New report calls for a ban on international credits in South Korea’s Emissions Trading System
The report, published by Korean NGO Plan 1.5, finds that cookstove projects overestimate emissions reductions by a factor of more than 18.
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Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism gets off to a bad start with a Clean Development Mechanism cookstoves project in Myanmar
The first of many junk credits under Article 6.4.
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C-Quest files for bankruptcy. Bridge Carbon continues to market its cookstove carbon offsets
“Who deserves to cook with wood inside their house?”
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FIFA, the World Cup, Saudi Arabia, Big Polluters, and junk carbon credits
Oh, and DelAgua, yet another carbon trading company incorporated in a tax haven.
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Conflicts of interest and Verra’s cancellation of 5 million C-Quest cookstove carbon credits
Verra’s system is riddled with conflicts of interest.
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Ken Newcombe, ex-CEO of C-Quest Capital, faces criminal charges for multi-year carbon credit fraud
“The charges are a blow to the carbon offset development industry.”
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Interview with Wayne Sharpe, CEO of Carbon Trade Exchange, about the forthcoming auction of 1.5 million carbon credits from a cookstove…
“Carbon Credits authorized and certified as ITMOs are more valuable than Voluntary credits,” according to CTX.
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“Over-issuance of millions of carbon credits”: C-Quest Capital announces “wrongdoing” by its former CEO, Ken Newcombe
At the World Bank, and then in the private sector, Newcombe was one of the major proponents of carbon trading. He also spent 16 years on Verra’s board…
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“A wolf in sheep’s clothing”: New report by Power Shift Africa on the Africa Carbon Markets Initiative
“Carbon credits are, essentially, pollution permits – an imaginary commodity created to benefit the wealthy, not the climate”
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Longer prison sentences for carbon fraudsters behind Carbon Positive Trading and Carbon Capital investment scam after they failed to repay…
Michael Richards, who is serving an 11-year prison sentence has had another 10 years added to his sentence, after failing to pay back £11 million of…
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