Are Carbon Offsets Legitimate?
Many studies conclude nearly all voluntary carbon offset transactions are worthless; some may be fraudulent. More public & private regulation of carbon offset markets is on the way.
My blog is meant to plant seeds of thought for surviving and thriving sustainably on Mother Earth.
I aim to offer new blog posts at least once a week, perhaps more often if news or ideas must be shared more urgently. You will also find the blog on my Linda Mary Wagner Facebook page. I am writing these blog posts myself the old-fashioned way – with the help of research, but without the aid of Artificial Intelligence (AI), also known in mid-2023 as Large Language Models (LLMs).
Many studies conclude nearly all voluntary carbon offset transactions are worthless; some may be fraudulent. More public & private regulation of carbon offset markets is on the way.
COP28 concluded with a pledge about fossil fuels. Some were happy, some disappointed, and some were downright distraught or furious.
Here’s an update on news from the COP28 Climate Summit.
Will the news coming out of the COP28 climate summit go far and fast enough to stem climate change?
A short time before Thanksgiving, the U.S. government released The Fifth National Climate Assessment. I
Scientists declare a climate emergency; we focus this week on calls for climate action around the globe.
At this time of international conflict when so many of us are on edge, I
Whether or not you are prone to anxiety, the reality of climate change may plague
From gases emitted in weapon tests to destruction of ecosystems and infrastructure, war adds fuel to climate change.
The biggest banks use our deposits to loan funds to the fossil fuel industry. How can we stop that?
I spent more than a dozen years as an independent journalist and later worked as a communications specialist for The Brooklyn Historical Society, Consumers Union, and Associated Press. At this stage of my life, my primary concern is to meet the challenge that climate change presents to my children, grandchildren, and the future of life on planet Earth.
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