Environmental Defense Fund

Integrity Council outlines path forward for CCP eligibility of ART TREES HFLD credits

ART TREES v2.0’s HFLD and Removals crediting levels are not yet CCP-approved and must complete remedial actions before qualifying.
The Next Web

The companies burning the most electricity are buying carbon credits from trees planted on abandoned mines

Octopus Energy Generation has committed $500 million to Living Carbon, a biotech startup that plants trees on degraded land to remove CO₂, aiming to remove 50 million tonnes over 40 years. Google, ...
The Washington Post

Timber companies claim carbon credits for trees they don’t cut down

IÑAPARI, Peru — At the entrance to its sprawling tract of virgin Amazon rainforest, the Peruvian timber company Maderacre turns ancient hardwood trees into flooring on an industrial scale. Beside the ...
Mongabay

Meta to buy 3.9 million carbon credits from controversial tree plantations

Meta, the company that owns Facebook and Instagram, recently closed a deal to buy 1.3 million carbon removal credits from commercial tree plantations in Latin America, with an option for an additional ...