Carbon offsets are ‘riddled with fraud.’ Can new voluntary guidelines fix that?

Grist
By Joseph WintersAug 2, 2023, 10:15 am139 pts
The idea behind voluntary carbon offsets seems simple enough: Project developers undertake some kind of activity to either prevent carbon emissions or remove them from the atmosphere, like building a solar farm or planting trees. The project generates carbon credits, approved by a handful of unregulated carbon…

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