carbon offsets

‘Blood Carbon’: How a Kenyan Carbon Offset Project Harms Indigenous Pastoralists and Does Nothing About Climate Change 

‘Blood Carbon’: How a Kenyan Carbon Offset Project Harms Indigenous Pastoralists and Does Nothing About Climate Change 

For generations, the Indigenous Samburu, Maasai, Borana and Rendille people of northern Kenya have been grazing cattle and other animals, following the rhythm of the rains and rules passed down from community elders.  But in 2013, a conservation organization run by a white, formerly colonial family thought it could do better. It set up a […]

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    Carbon Offsets 101: Why We Can’t Offset Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis

    Carbon Offsets 101: Why We Can’t Offset Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis

    What Are Carbon Offsets? Carbon offsets are in theory a way to cancel out greenhouse gas emissions by funding an activity that will remove a supposedly equal amount of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere or prevent an equal amount of carbon pollution. They can be purchased by everyone from major companies pursuing net-zero emissions goals […]