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KOKO Networks’ cookstove carbon credits in Kenya were “largely hot air”
“They would have taken everything that Kenya is entitled to.”
Feb 9
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Chris Lang
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The collapse of KOKO Networks. A cookstoves project in Kenya that relied on compliance carbon trading
When the Kenyan government refused to issue a letter of authorisation KOKO collapsed.
Feb 3
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Chris Lang
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Big Polluters are buying cheap, old, junk carbon offsets
A new study shows that 87% of offsets retired by companies like Shell, Delta Airlines, Chevron, and Eni carry a high risk of not providing emissions…
Aug 28, 2024
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Chris Lang
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Aviation and the offsetting climate scam
In an article published last week in The Washington Post, journalist JD Shadel takes a look at the carbon offsets that airlines offer.
Apr 24, 2023
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Chris Lang
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Can flying go green? Spoiler alert: No
This week, the British TV programme Panorama asked the question, “Can flying go green?” “Our passion for plane travel is warming the planet,” says…
Nov 14, 2019
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Chris Lang
Virgin Atlantic is offsetting its flights with carbon credits from the Oddar Meanchey REDD project in Cambodia. Despite the project’s…
There is no way of avoiding the fact that flying is a disaster for the climate.
Dec 19, 2017
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Chris Lang
Five responses to the aviation industry’s carbon offsetting scam
On 7 October 2016, the General Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) announced its plans to set up a mechanism to offset its…
Oct 19, 2016
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Chris Lang
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