No matter how responsibly we try to live, it's impossible not to create pollution in some way. How we eat, how we power our homes, and how we get around create some amount of pollution. But just ...

What Are Carbon Offsets, and What Would a Successful Carbon Offsets Program Look Like? What are carbon offsets? How do they reduce greenhouse gas emissions? And what would a successful carbon offsets ...

Carbon offsets exist within a flawed ecosystem but they should not be disregarded as an interim measure. It is on the industry to reform a broken system. Carbon offsets are a way for companies to ...

As climate change threatens to reshape the planet forever, more and more companies are promising to improve their carbon footprint. But reducing greenhouse gas emissions doesn’t just happen overnight.

The problem is that the “voluntary carbon market” is rife with half-truths and double-dealing. Many offsets, for instance, don’t actually remove carbon from the atmosphere. Instead, they monetize the ...

Thousands of companies have established net zero goals, and many use carbon offsets—for example, paying to protect forests—to bolster their claims about reducing emissions. Shell, for example, spent ...

An aerial view of Catawba College, which was certified as carbon neutral in 2023. That's in part because renewable energy installations like the rooftop solar panels at right but also because the ...

After more than three decades on Wall Street — first at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and then at Bank of America Corp. — Tom Montag thought he’d seen most forms of financial wizardry. Then Hank Paulson ...

Taylor Swift travels a lot. Between dates on her “Eras” tour, trips to NFL games and various media appearances, the pop superstar has racked up an extraordinary number of miles in transit on her ...

Carbon offsets are increasingly a key part of corporate and national climate plans. They’re also being viewed with more and more skepticism. Here’s what you need to know. At COP26, the annual meeting ...

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