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 ...

The next time you buy a plane ticket or get a package delivered, you might see a pop-up on the website: the chance to buy a carbon offset with your purchase. That offset is basically a promise, says ...

If used correctly, offsets can be an important tool. But that requires certain guidelines, a member of the Climate Change Committee, the U.K.’s independent advisory body, explains. How innovative ...

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 claim to allow companies to “cancel out” their emissions. But they just pay companies to pollute, with little benefit to show for it. Carbon offsets claim to allow companies to “cancel ...

When Bill Gates, a self-proclaimed environmentalist, was confronted over his private jet carbon emissions, he deflected the issue, arguing that he offsets his emissions. He is not alone. From other ...

Over a billion dollars have been spent on forest and land use carbon credits to “offset” emissions. These offsets have been heralded as a means of protecting and growing the world’s remaining forests, ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Planting trees is a controversial way to fight climate change, but tech companies still rely on the strategy to ...

Carbon offsets purport to save forests and “cancel out” climate pollution. Wildfires risk more emissions from what is already a greenwashing scam. Carbon offsets purport to save forests and “cancel ...

The aviation industry is facing a critical challenge: a shortage of airline carbon credits and there’s a very high probability that it’ll result in more expensive airfares. But what is a carbon offset ...

If you go to a pro sports event today, there’s a good chance the stadium or arena will be powered at least in part by renewable energy. The team likely takes steps to reduce energy and waste. Some ...

The Mexican state of Colima has formalised the operational rules for its state-level emissions offset system and Low Carbon Seal, as it moves to implement one of the country’s highest subnational ...