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Response from Beatrice Battelli, Director of PR and Communications at Evertreen: “We take transparency seriously”
Hmmm. I have some questions about this.
 • Chris Lang
UK serial scammer Renwick Haddow sentenced to 54 months in jail in the US
And ordered to repay the US$58 million to the victims of his scams.
 • Chris Lang
Aspiration Partners co-founder Joe Sanberg sentenced to 14 years in prison for US$248 million fraud
“This case has touched almost every badge of fraud.”
 • Chris Lang
Millions of fake Chinese carbon offsets have been bought in European countries
A Bloomberg investigation reveals that companies in at least nine European countries bought carbon offsets from dodgy projects in China.
 • Chris Lang
Evertreen: Non-transparent tree planting and dodgy carbon offsets
I know, I know. All carbon offsets are dodgy.
 • Chris Lang
Verra cancels four tree planting projects in China. And starts reviews of 45 more projects
“Multiple carbon projects in China are facing serious allegations regarding the authenticity of government approval documents”
 • Chris Lang
How IUCN eventually dealt with a scam company called IUCN Coin that was using its name and trademarks
IUCN eventually filed a complaint with the World Intellectual Property Organization.
 • Chris Lang
Joe Sanberg, co-founder of carbon trading company Aspiration, pleads guilty to US$248 million fraud
But will the Commodity Futures Trading Commission complete its investigation into the carbon credits that Aspiration bought?
 • Chris Lang
15.2 million fake carbon credits were sold from the Kariba REDD project according to Verra
Almost two years after suspending the project, Verra has completed its carbon accounting review. The quality control review is still ongoing.
 • Chris Lang
A company called Green Home is running a carbon credit Ponzi scheme in Peru
Yet more carbon cowboys.
 • Chris Lang
Terra Global Capital and Anew Climate: How a US$640 million carbon deal fell apart
This is a story about a US$640 million carbon deal gone wrong.
 • Chris Lang
Joe Sanberg, co-founder of Aspiration Partners, to plead guilty to US$248 million scheme to defraud investors
Sanberg “admitted to being nothing more than a self-serving fraudster”.
 • Chris Lang
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