grayson badgley
@gmbadge
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Corn ethanol carbon capture and storage projects are being marketed as carbon removal. The problem is, they’re not.
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Troubles with California's forest offset buffer pool continue to mount. New paperwork suggests that nearly a third of the buffer pool has been lost to wildfire. https://t.co/5stiuV3kb0
carbonplan.org
New paperwork shows that carbon losses insured by California’s forest offset buffer pool are higher than previously estimated.
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"Would you be happy eating at a restaurant that paid for its own food safety inspection?" Sexual abuse at a carbon offset project in Kenya is a reminder that this self-regulated industry doesn't have the safeguards in place to protect people. @opinion ⬇️
bloomberg.com
Offsets are controversial, but one thing is becoming clear: There aren’t enough safeguards in place to protect people.
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The Amazon is in trouble. That's been the case for years. But this winter -now spring- the region is in it's worst drought on record due to El Nino, a warm Atlantic & climate change. Oct temps +5-12F! Locally deforestation, much from the beef industry, enhances heat + aridity 1/
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#BreakingNews There's widespread sexual harassment and abuse on a celebrated carbon offset project in Kasigau, Kenya, run by US company @WildlifeWorks, a new investigation by @SOMO and @thekhrc shows. Key buyers include @Netflix, @McKinsey, @Microsoft and @Shell. We're releasing
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1/n: With the onset of active cool-season weather across Canada in late Sept., the off-switch for the superlative 2023 fire-season has been finally been thrown. The season started early, ended late, and exceeded the previous maximum by a factor of 4. #pyrocene #canadianwildfires
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Last month, @HeidilBlake exposed the Kariba project as selling carbon credits that didn’t really exist. The project is officially “On Hold” but, incredibly, people are still using the credits.
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Even though vegetation is *not* exceptionally dry this fall in NorCal, in many areas it's still dry enough to carry a fire under strong wind/low RH conditions (like this weekend). I wouldn't call this an extreme event, but wind-driven fires can still cause big problems. #CAfire
🚩A Red Flag Warning is now in effect for portions of the Bay Area beginning as early as Saturday morning continuing through Sunday evening. Saturday night through early Sunday will be the most critical time period. Do you have an emergency plan if a fire starts near you? #cawx
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Fun fact: Kariba is the single largest contributor to Verra’s buffer pool.
Enormous shakeup in the multi-billion dollar market for carbon offsets today with the collapse of the second-biggest project (Kariba), fronted by the world's top seller (South Pole). Here's @ben_elgin and @ntashawhite with today's news.
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As recently as 2022, @southpoleglobal filed paperwork with @VerraStandards heralding the biodiversity benefits of the Kariba project, going so far as to claim: “The conservation of threatened species […] lies at the core of the Kariba REDD+ project’s activities.” Meanwhile, …
Protecting trees, lions and elephants while saving the climate: that was the promise climate consultant South Pole sold to companies like Volkswagen, Adyen and Gucci. But in reality, those same elephants and lions are shot in the protected nature reserve.
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We spent about five hours trying to figure out the precise location of an offset project. It shouldn't have to be this way ... https://t.co/2taBzmVeg6
carbonplan.org
Figuring out the location of an offset project shouldn't involve a scavenger hunt.
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had a blast working with @czarakas on this piece. worth highlighting that the whole thing was made possible because of open science -- thanks @krdorheim and @BenBondLamberty for maintaining hector.
How should we compare CO2 removal approaches that work on different parts of the carbon cycle and act on different timescales? Our newest article explores how to make better comparisons in both market and policy contexts. https://t.co/TTQpQFDGrp
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There are good reasons to be excited about harnessing rock weathering to remove CO2 from the atmosphere. But demonstrating that enhanced weathering actually works is surprisingly tricky. We're releasing a new tool that we hope can help. https://t.co/wzE5Vbpsy2
carbonplan.org
A tool for exploring methods used to quantify enhanced weathering outcomes.
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A few months ago, I read a study that showed schizophrenia can be the most deadly preexisting condition during a heat wave. I was puzzled: Why would a mental illness make you more vulnerable to heat? That question led me to a young man named Stephan Goodwin. This is his story🧵
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Climate analytics are increasingly done in private “black boxes,” with few systems for ensuring data availability, accessibility, and quality. We hope our work might set an example for doing climate analytics in the open. Transparency matters! https://t.co/jpsRbKzMAM
carbonplan.org
Announcing the release of a new extreme heat dataset, and reflecting on why it’s important to do this kind of work in the open.
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As rising temperatures threaten the health of populations worldwide, people need to know when and where extreme heat will occur. We collaborated with @washingtonpost, creating a new dataset that is the basis for an important series.
washingtonpost.com
By 2050, over 5 billion people could face at least a month of extreme heat each year. See the risk level in your city.
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The #HeadFire is burning adjacent to a checkerboard land ownership which was recently acquired by a multinational player in the carbon offset business. Here is a short rant about why this might be a bad place to bank carbon.
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New reporting indicates that the Warm Springs offset project, which burned in the Lionshead fire back in 2020, might be headed toward termination. @hbernton @OPB (1/3) https://t.co/hvF4WbAOte
opb.org
To help counter their greenhouse gas pollution, Microsoft and other companies invested millions in a project to store more carbon in Southern Oregon trees. The 2021 Bootleg Fire upended that plan.
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A fast-growing industry is paying farmers millions of dollars to store carbon in soils. But some doubt that the science to support such efforts is ready for prime time. And the debate has become surprisingly heated. My feature for @ScienceMagazine
science.org
Soil carbon credits are gaining popularity, but some researchers say they rest on shaky science
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