Climate Crisis
The Dark Realities of Wind Energy
The Dark Realities of Wind Energy The world is finding out about the “Dark Realities of Wind Energy.” We are now receiving reports, and the truth is coming to light. You will not want to […]
Carbon Offsets
Climate Crisis
Europe’s Net Zero Insanity Reads like a Babylon Bee Parody
Europe’s Net Zero Insanity Reads like a Babylon Bee Parody You can not make up stories like a Babylon Bee Parady in real life; no, wait, you can. The UK just announced that it is […]
Climate Crisis
Exclusive: Corporate climate watchdog document deems carbon offsets largely ineffective
LONDON (Reuters) – Staff at an influential corporate climate action group whose board announced a plan to allow companies to offset greenhouse gas emissions from their supply chain with carbon credits has now found such […]
Carbon Capture
Most ‘Carbon Offset’ Schemes Are ‘Worthless Junk,’ Report Finds
An investigation into the growing industry of “carbon offset” schemes has found that most of these “green” projects are “likely junk or worthless.” The UK’s left-wing Guardian newspaper launched a joint investigation with Corporate Accountability, […]
Big Oil Companies
World’s Fourth Biggest Iron Ore Producer Stops Buying Carbon Offsets
Shell and Fortescue Metals, two major companies, back away from large-scale carbon offset plans. A UC Berkeley study suggests most carbon offset credits might not provide real climate benefits. Leading carbon credit certifier Verra faced […]
Carbon Credit
A Top U.S. Seller of Carbon Offsets Starts Investigating Its Own Projects
Following concerns that it is facilitating the sale of meaningless carbon credits to corporate clients, the Nature Conservancy says it’s conducting an internal review of its portfolio of carbon-offset projects. The nonprofit owns or has […]
Finance
China launches carbon emissions trading scheme – If you pollute – you must implement
Beijing: China launched a carbon trading system Monday designed to drive down emissions, as the world’s biggest polluter takes steps towards decarbonising its economy by 2060. The scheme lets provincial governments set pollution caps for big-power businesses for the first […]
CO2 & GHG
US’ Occidental supplies first cargo of ‘carbon-neutral crude’ to India’s Reliance HIGHLIGHTS
Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum, delivered 2 million barrels of “carbon-neutral oil” to Reliance Industries in India, it said late Jan 28. The US company said it was the energy industry’s […]