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Flowcarbon is a scam

“Flowcarbon is a scam,” says Cory Doctorow about WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann’s new carbon offset and blockchain company

Posted on 31 May 202210 June 2022

Flowcarbon is a scam: Adam Neumann’s new company Flowcarbon has raised US$70 million to put offsets on the blockchain.

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Verra

Verra prohibits tokenisation of retired offsets. Toucan welcomes the news

Posted on 29 May 202229 May 2022

Verra prohibits tokenisation – but only of retired offsets from its registry. A new type of “imobilized” offset can be tokenised.

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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”

Posted on 12 April 202212 April 2022

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.

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Toucan's crypto layer

Toucan’s crypto layer on top of carbon offsets is expanding the market for toxic hot air

Posted on 11 April 202212 April 2022

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

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Nemus Earth

Can Nemus Earth save the Amazon Rainforest by selling NFTs?

Posted on 16 March 202216 March 2022

Nemus Earth is proposing to save the Amazon Rainforest by selling NFTs. The plan involves a massive green grab and a total suspension of disbelief.

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