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Crooked Carbon Business: Katingan Peatland Restoration and Conservation project, Indonesia
Shell has bought millions of carbon credits from this project in order to claim that fossil fuels are “carbon neutral”.
Nov 6
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Chris Lang
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“Bolivia Burning”: New documentary exposes deforestation by the Mennonites with complicity from Cargill
New documentary film by the Gecko Project.
Sep 29
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Chris Lang
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New research finds that Verra’s buffer pool for REDD projects is way too small
“The numbers aren’t actually based on any science, as far as anyone can tell.”
Jul 7
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Chris Lang
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Record breaking areas of Brazil’s land goes up in flames. And Earth Innovation Institute proposes the false solution of selling carbon…
Earth Innovation Institute pretends to be oblivious to what is driving drought and forest fires in Brazil, which is, of course, the fossil fuel…
Jun 30
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Chris Lang
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UN University report warns against carbon credits from REDD, tree planting, and improved forest management
But the report stops short of recommending banning the trade in carbon temporarily stored in trees.
Jun 12
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Chris Lang
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Bolivia Burning: Inside a Latin American ecocide
A new documentary film by the Gecko Project. Coming soon.
Jun 10
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Chris Lang
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Deforestation of tropical forests hit a record high in 2024. Fire caused almost half the destruction
“The signal in these data is particularly frightening.”
May 22
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Chris Lang
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“Don’t use rainforests or any other carbon sink as a way to offset your reliance on fossil fuel.” Interview with Martin Simonneau, Cool…
“The unconditional payments are not results-based payments, but rights-based payments.”
May 7
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Chris Lang
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Bolivia’s US$1.2 billion forest carbon deal is a false solution
The deal is being set up by a company with zero experience in forest carbon in a country where wildfires tore through 10 million hectares in 2024.
Apr 11
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Chris Lang
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New report finds that Indonesia’s claim of 90% reduction of deforestation since 2016 is based on “cherry picking” and “exaggerates the…
While deforestation has fallen, serious threats remain.
Feb 28
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Chris Lang
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ORF documentary investigates Rimba Raya REDD project in Indonesia: “All empty promises”
Villagers have lost their livelihoods and parts of the forest are burning.
Dec 10, 2024
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Chris Lang
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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.
Nov 1, 2024
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Chris Lang
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