The Katingan REDD project, and other carbon offsetting projects are enabling the fossil fuel industry to continue destroying the planet.
Tag: Carbon Offsets
Carbon offsets are a license to pollute
By Chris Lang During the COP26 UN climate meeting in Glasgow, Greta Thunberg tweeted out a “Greenwash Alert”. She pointed out that the fossil fuel industry and the banks are “among the biggest climate villains”. Shell, BP, and Standard Chartered were in Glasgow “trying to scale up offseting and give polluters a free pass to…
“Sabah’s Nature Conservation Agreement “legally impotent” says Attorney General
Sabah’s Nature Conservation Agreement: A press statement from Sabah’s Attorney General strongly opposes the Agreement.
Companies buy older and cheaper carbon offsets. But that’s just Gresham’s Law in action: “Bad money drives out good”
Companies buy older and cheaper carbon offsets: Gresham’s Law explains how companies tend to buy the worst possible carbon offsets.
“Carbon offsets are bullshit”: Cory Doctorow
“Carbon offsets are bullshit.” Cory Doctorow explains why carbon offsets will not help to address the climate crisis and will actually make things worse.