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Carbon offsets
October 18, 2024
Kate Aronoff
Who’s Going to Tell Harris the Truth About Carbon Markets?
Big Tech and Biden officials still seem to think they can make offset markets work. To say the track record is bad is an understatement.
January 15, 2024
Kate Aronoff
Carbon Offsets (Taylor’s Version)
The pop star’s use of hazily defined offsets to deflect criticism perfectly illustrates how the offsets market works in practice.
September 27, 2023
Kate Aronoff
How This Popular Climate “Solution” Could Tank Our Progress
Over the last few years, a drumbeat of academic research and investigative reporting has painted a bleak picture of carbon offsets.
June 23, 2023
Molly Taft
Confessions of a Frequent Flier
Why is the airline industry so hard to decarbonize—and can we ever expect to fly guilt-free?
June 15, 2023
Stephen Lezak
Climate Fraud on America’s Last Frontier
The Alaskan government’s new plan is supposed to protect forests and help fix climate change. It does neither.
January 20, 2023
Kate Aronoff
While Davos Attendees Boast About Carbon Offsets, a Report Reveals That Carbon Offsets Don’t Work
An awkward week at the World Economic Forum!
November 9, 2021
Stephen Lezak
Carbon Markets Are Terrible—But We Need Them
Current models show that we need to pull huge quantities of carbon out of the air. Right now, though, the tools for doing that are mostly being used for corporate greenwashing.
May 6, 2021
Kate Aronoff
BP’s Suspicious Support for a Carbon Market in Washington State
The oil giant owns a carbon sequestration company that could benefit from the law, allowing BP to play both sides of the emissions ledger.
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