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The Petrobras “carbon neutral” greenwash machine continues
Extracting ever more fossil fuels cannot possibly be “carbon neutral”.
 • Chris Lang
New research shows that social-ecological complexity creates “high levels of uncertainty” and makes it “very difficult” to attribute changes…
Social-ecological complexity “makes any carbon additionality estimation fragile”.
 • Chris Lang
New Scientist: Carbon offsets are one of the five worst ideas of the 21st century
Along with Bitcoin, Social media, Alternative fuels, and Effective altruism.
 • Chris Lang
“Many of the most popular offset project types feature intractable quality problems”
The “most comprehensive review of evidence” finds that carbon offsets just don't work.
 • Chris Lang
A proposal for funding nature-based climate solutions without carbon markets
A recent paper highlights some of the problems with carbon offset projects and suggests an alternative funding mechanism.
 • Chris Lang
German court rules that Apple Watch is not “carbon neutral”
Another legal victory for Deutsche Umwelthilfe against corporate greenwash.
 • Chris Lang
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.”
 • Chris Lang
“Answered in the documents:” How Paul Rowett, co-founder of Toco, avoided answering REDD-Monitor’s questions
Toco, digital currency, carbon credits, fossil fuels, consumerism, and capitalism.
 • Chris Lang
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.
 • Chris Lang
Marudi Indigenous communities oppose Samling’s carbon project in Sarawak, Malaysia
“This is a new method of land grabbing for us.”
 • Chris Lang
Toco: A cryptocurrency backed by carbon offsets. What could possibly go wrong?
Paying for stuff using a cryptocurrency based on carbon offsets will not address the climate crisis.
 • Chris Lang
Microsoft’s disastrous US$200 million carbon offset deal in Brazil
“CO₂ uptake by trees should not be used to offset fossil fuel emissions.”
 • Chris Lang
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