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11 July 2024
BP venture sells carbon offsets by ‘saving’ trees that aren’t in danger
Finite Carbon runs the largest forest offsetting projects in the US. Analysis suggests they aren’t doing what they claim
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28 June 2024
‘Plug and abandon’
Is the oil company that polluted Poole Harbour now risking disaster in the North Sea?
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20 January 2023
‘They came at night’: Armed men at Disney forest project razed farmers’ homes
Coffee growers say Peru authorities demolished houses on a conservation site generating millions of dollars in carbon credits for US entertainment giant
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18 January 2023
The Carbon Con
The world’s biggest companies, from Netflix to Ben & Jerry’s, are pouring billions into an offsetting industry whose climate claims appear increasingly at odds with reality
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4 March 2022
Dutch dockers prepare for legal battle over Russia oil
Dockworkers in the Netherlands are gearing up for a legal battle over plans to boycott Russian oil
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2 March 2022
MPs’ ‘Fair Fuel’ group run by fuel additive salesman
A cross-party group of British MPs lobbied for fuel additives as an alternative to the ban on petrol vehicles while failing to disclose it was run by a fuel additive salesman
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22 November 2021
EU ministers back gas project linked to Malta journalist’s murder
The EU has pledged to phase-out support for fossil-fuel infrastructure - but energy ministers are arguing for an exception to be made for Malta
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22 June 2021
Cummings pushed NHS to skirt funding rules for data project
Leaked emails show PM’s aide told head of NHSX ‘no delay please – just send immediately’
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22 June 2021
Health company favoured by Hancock linked to Tory donors
Shareholders in Babylon Healthcare made donations to Conservatives and Hancock’s 2019 leadership campaign
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4 May 2021
Top airlines’ promises to offset flights rely on ‘phantom credits’
British Airways, easyJet and other major carriers state that by supporting forest conservation projects they can offset emissions. A new investigation shows the bold claims can’t be verified
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