NIHT Inc gives misleading information on its website, stating that the company’s values “naturally align” with CCB Standards. NIHT Inc is not CCB certified.
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“Flowcarbon is a scam,” says Cory Doctorow about WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann’s new carbon offset and blockchain company
Flowcarbon is a scam: Adam Neumann’s new company Flowcarbon has raised US$70 million to put offsets on the blockchain.

Verra’s response to REDD-Monitor’s questions about Toucan’s transferring of retired carbon offsets to the blockchain: “An entity that retires a VCU and then creates a token is not, strictly speaking, tokenizing a VCU, but is instead creating an instrument that exists outside of Verra’s ecosystem”
Verra’s response to REDD-Monitor’s questions reveal little about Toucan, offsets, and blockchain, except that Verra is, legally speaking, carefully covering its arse.

Toucan’s crypto layer on top of carbon offsets is expanding the market for toxic hot air
Toucan’s crypto layer on top of carbon offsets is doing nothing to address the climate crisis. In fact it is making it worse.

Gang rape, torture, and murder by park guards and soldiers at Kahuzi-Biega National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Kahuzi-Biega National Park: A new report by Minority Rights Group documents a campaign of appalling violence against Batwa Indigenous People.