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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
REDD myth no. 9: “Companies that buy carbon credits decarbonise faster than those that don’t”
“Carbon credits have become a comforting myth.”
 • Chris Lang
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”.
 • Chris Lang
Sigma Lithium claims that its mine in Brazil is “carbon neutral”. It bought REDD carbon credits from the Unitor REDD project, which is now…
Ricardo Stoppe Júnior, the man behind the Unitor REDD project, is accused of selling about US$34 million illegal REDD credits.
 • Chris Lang
“We live a social injustice because we have been dispossessed”
A new briefing documents how Indigenous Peoples in Peru lost their rights with the creation of the Cordillera Azul REDD project and the the Cordillera…
 • Chris Lang
ORF documentary investigates the Katingan REDD project in Indonesia: “We are no longer allowed to use the forest. We are no longer allowed…
The REDD project prevents villagers from growing crops on their land.
 • Chris Lang
“Continuing to stand behind the fallacy that carbon offsetting approaches will get us out of the climate crisis is now untenable”
Scientists advise the University of Exeter to ditch carbon offsets.
 • Chris Lang
Verra records largest ever loss of more than US$9 million
And Verra’s new CEO fails to address criticisms of Verra and the voluntary carbon market.
 • Chris Lang
Germany’s ongoing €4.5 billion carbon offset fraud: “It is possible that we are dealing with a case of serious environmental crime here”
German authorities’ action is “too little, too late” says whistleblower.
 • Chris Lang
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…
 • 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…
 • Chris Lang
Germany’s €4.5 billion carbon offset fraud
“The system has proven to be opaque and has proven to be prone to errors.”
 • Chris Lang
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