Offsets

Voluntary carbon offsets are headed for a crash

Carbon offsets — whereby one party pays another party to reduce carbon emissions — have always been dodgy, but now they are threatening to undermine the…

Aug 4, 2023 • David Roberts

1:08:11

Volts podcast: Nan Ransohoff on how (and why) Stripe is kick-starting the carbon-removal market

The payments company Stripe recently unveiled a nearly billion dollar pot of money to fund carbon dioxide removal (CDR). I talk with Nan Ransohoff…

Apr 29, 2022 • David Roberts

43:01

Volts podcast: Gerald Butts and Catherine McKenna on Canada's carbon tax

In 2019, while the US was distracted, Canada implemented a big ol' national carbon tax -- and in the subsequent election, voters overwhelmingly affirmed…

Feb 16, 2022 • David Roberts

1:04:59

Cap-and-trade systems are not doing the real carbon work

A conversation with Cullenward & Victor, part three.

Dec 18, 2020 • David Roberts

Carbon offsets aren't working, and probably can't

A conversation with Cullenward & Victor, part two.

Dec 17, 2020 • David Roberts