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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?”
Mar 7 • 
Chris Lang
Conflicts of interest and Verra’s cancellation of 5 million C-Quest cookstove carbon credits
Verra’s system is riddled with conflicts of interest.
Oct 24, 2024 • 
Chris Lang
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.”
Oct 3, 2024 • 
Chris Lang
“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…
Jun 27, 2024 • 
Chris Lang
Forests, Carbon Markets and Hot Air: Why the Carbon Stored in Forests Should not be Traded
“If you wondered whether capitalism could ever produce the perfect weapon of its own destruction, try this heady mix of carbon fuels, the trade in…
Jan 11, 2010 • 
Chris Lang
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