Scraps Its $100M Plan
quietly abandoned its plan to spend $100 million a year on , "which is the largest offset program among corporations." The move comes six months after its new CEO took office.
carboncredits.com/shell-scraps

#shell #carbonoffset #shellplc #CarbonCredits #waelsawan

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Kevin Karhan :verified: · @kkarhan
1461 followers · 105497 posts · Server mstdn.social

@mhalila All those "" and "" thimgs are just to milk gullible consumers and businesses...

Instead of selling "renewable energy" at a premium, how about we make all energy renewable instead?

mstdn.social/@kkarhan/11085413

#scams #carbonoffset #CarbonCredits

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David Sogge · @sogged
9 followers · 42 posts · Server econtwitter.net

"The phrase, the world wants to be deceived, has become truer than had ever been intended." - Theodor Adorno (1967)
theguardian.com/environment/20

#carbon #carbonoffset #climatechange

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Fedecops · @Federico
8 followers · 227 posts · Server moth.social

🌳🌎 One acre of trees: Removing CO2 from a 26,000-mile car journey! 🚗🌳

Discover the incredible environmental impact of just one acre of trees! 🌳💨 By absorbing carbon dioxide, it can effectively offset the emissions produced from a car traveling a staggering 26,000 miles! 🌍🌳

#climateaction #treepower #carbonoffset #sustainablefuture

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Kevin Russell · @kevinrns
2000 followers · 17323 posts · Server mstdn.social

@MarkRuffalo

Bebause carbon offsets are a lie.
Carbon capture is lie.
Footprints are a lie.

Bebause carbon offsets are a lie, to make people think something is being done about climate

Canada doubles their ability to ship oil, as Canada continues to fail to build wind and solar energy, it spends billions of getting carbon burned FASTER.

There are no carbon offsets for 🇨🇦 200 billion tons of oil, for 🇨🇦500 billion tons of CO2.

#carbonoffset #Canada #ClimateCrisis #climatechaos

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of biggest certifier to resign after claims shown worthless
to step down from , which was accused of approving millions of worthless offsets used by major companies
Verra’s CEO, David Antonioli, said he would leave his role after 15 years leading the organisation that dominates the $2bn voluntary market, which has certified more than 1bn credits through its verified carbon standard (VCS).
theguardian.com/environment/20

#ceo #carboncredit #carbonoffset #davidantonioli #verra #carbon #climatechange

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PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1397 followers · 14976 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org

that many projects, especially those in the and on the , are anticipated to lose by the end of the century depending on the model approach & the scenario.The findings, according to Wu, show that various & climate models have various strengths & weaknesses and that taking these factors into account identifies the research gaps for more accurate climate projections.

cleantechnica.com/2023/04/11/f

#researchers #discovered #carbonoffset #forest #SoutheastUS #westcoast #carbon #climate #ecological

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Day 7 and challenge with People for Bikes. Enjoyed a sunny ride between rain

#30daysofbiking #carbonoffset

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w0dz · @w0dz
191 followers · 671 posts · Server writing.exchange

@breadandcircuses

I'm all for planting trees; but = "for every pedestrian I run over in my I will create 10 yards of pedestrian zone in Antarctica".

Or, check out the concept of , e.g. historyextra.com/period/mediev

#indulgences #suv #carbonoffset

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PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1304 followers · 12468 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org
Sieva 🚴🚇🏙️🌹 · @Anibyl
170 followers · 556 posts · Server mas.to

“I'm an environmentalist, I buy carbon offset credits”
“It would be hypocritical to sue the oil industry but then use the products of this industry”
— Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim, Feb 28

the greenest city btw 🔥 :thisisfine: 🔥

#vanpoli #vancouver #oilindustry #bigoil #climatecrisis #carbonoffset

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ClimateNick · @ClimateNick
172 followers · 245 posts · Server mstdn.social

I wonder if the and industry proves to work in the same way?

#sustainability #carbonoffset

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Alan Cordova · @alan
32 followers · 49 posts · Server sfba.social

"Creating standardization is the market’s space race. Solving these issues could grow the market by several orders of magnitude, but we run the risk of too many of these competing efforts happening at once, similar to what we’ve seen in adjacent areas like reporting and ." bit.ly/3wqjjYW

#carbonoffset #esg #sustainablefinance

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🇺🇦🇪🇺 cweickhmann · @cweickhmann
122 followers · 1773 posts · Server qoto.org

What really triggers me about The 's and 's research on the dysfunctional schemes is the fact that they don't even ask the most important question up front:

How the f*** is this even considered climate action?

Just to be clear: Offsetting means nothing more than emitting the CO2 that would've otherwise been emitted by cutting down trees. In other words: the CO2 is emitted *anyways*. If the scheme works, that is (fun fact: it doesn't according to the newspapers' research).

So, the scandal isn't that the CO2 wasn't removed (i.e. offset). The scandal is that it was emitted at *twice* the amount and even with a little bit of free included.

The general rule remains: If it's too cheap, it's probably a .
Case and point: calculates a 1 person round-trip from Frankfurt to Honolulu to emit about 7.2t of CO2. At an estimated CO2 price of 200 € (estimation ), this should cost ~1400 €. Atmosfair claims that this flight could be compensated with 166€ (LOL).
Oh, and btw: The round-trip costs ~1400 € with Lufthansa and less than 800 € over an flight portal.

Can we please just stop doing such unbelievably stupid things?

#guardian #zeit #greenwashing #scam #atmosfair #umweltbundesamt #carbonoffset

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WuMing2 · @WuMing2
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M.C.Mengüç 🗻🏔⛰🌋 · @mcmenguc
100 followers · 483 posts · Server mstdn.social

It’s probably less harmful to amplify the speeches of authoritarian leaders like or then to go out there and debate or as if these are viable solutions. We must first target zero emissions which requires a real paradigm shift and societal commitment from everyone.

#carbonoffset #carbonremoval #Putin #erdogan #Trump #Bolsonaro

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Basyl · @basyl
54 followers · 262 posts · Server mastodon.social

Revealed: more than 90% of rainforest carbon offsets by biggest provider are worthless, analysis shows
(The Guardian article by Patrick Greenfield)

“[..] I started studying carbon offsets 20 years ago studying problems with protocols and programs. Here I am, 20 years later having the same conversation. We need an alternative process. The offset market is broken.”

theguardian.com/environment/20

#climatechange #carbonoffset #themarketisbroken

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Weltzeitgeist · @wackJackle
260 followers · 1969 posts · Server norden.social
egghat НетBойне :verified: · @egghat
1111 followers · 2980 posts · Server mastodon.cloud

GUARDIAN: Revealed: more than 90% of rainforest carbon offsets by biggest provider are worthless, analysis shows theguardian.com/environment/20
„Worthless“. Die Hörerïnnen und diesem , wo ich ab und zu anwesend bin, sind nur mild überrascht … Wir beäugen den Markt von schon länger skeptisch …

#podcast #mikrooekonomen #carbonoffset

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Roasting House Coffee · @roastinghouse
146 followers · 152 posts · Server mastodonapp.uk

is trending (guardian link = theguardian.com/environment/20). We did a post on (via the now defunct twitter) in July last year. Original thread = twitter.com/RoastingHouseUK/st

Putting here for relevance:

Going down a rabbit hole of how much CO2 our deliveries produced. TIL about CO2e which is a catch all for all emissions produced such methane etc and what I'm using for this thread

A lot of this thread is somewhat simplified for ease but I do have spreadsheets.

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#carbonoffset #carbonoffsetting

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