Earlier this week, REDD-Monitor posted some advice from a law firm about the sale of carbon credits as investments under UK law. Part of the advice was on “what, if any action, may be taken in the UK against companies selling voluntary carbon credits to the retail market.”
Category: UK
Some suggestions on bringing a private legal action against carbon credit schemes (part 1)
Earlier this year, a law firm agreed to provide some advice pro bono about the sale of carbon credits as investments under UK law. Part of the advice was on “what, if any action, may be taken in the UK against companies selling voluntary carbon credits to the retail market.”
Carbon Green Capital and Agora Capital: Two carbon credit brokers put into provisional liquidation
Carbon Green Capital and Agora Capital, two companies that sold carbon credits as investments, have been ordered into provisional liquidation by the High Court in London.
Welcome to the green charade: BP’s US$5 million support of the World Bank’s Carbon Fund
“How bad does a company have to be before an arts organisation refuses to be associated with it or take its money?” This question was posed recently by Platform, a UK-based organisation that campaigns (amongst other things) against art sponsorship by oil companies.
The Trend is Blue: A carbon credit boiler room turns to the recovery room scam
By Chris Lang The Trend is Blue is a company that used to sell near-worthless carbon credits as investments. That’s the boiler room part of the carbon credits scam. Now the company rings people up to tell them that they have a buyer for their near-worthless carbon credits. For an advance fee, no doubt. That’s…