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Carbon offsets
September 27, 2023
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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
Apocalypse Soon
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
Apocalypse Soon
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
Apocalypse Soon
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
Apocalypse Soon
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
Apocalypse Soon
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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