carbon credits

Though a series of investigations seem to have exposed the carbon market as an ineffective answer to climate change, the U.S. federal government's new guidelines aim to restore confidence in the controversial climate solution.

Jeff Bezos has won considerable plaudits for his widespread philanthropy in the climate sector, but some are questioning his motives — and the outsized voice the Bezos Earth Fund has seemingly bought.

Canada's energy minister is defending carbon capture and storage technology as both effective and affordable, after an Alberta power company walked away from a planned project and a study found that another project got public subsidies to cover more than three-quarters of its costs.

A startup is zapping seawater with electricity to extract and store away carbon, but scientists remain skeptical.

A group of leaders in the agriculture and food industries is launching a national alliance to work toward achieving net zero in Canada's agri-food sector by 2050.

Trans Mountain Corporation purchased carbon credits from a tiny Alberta startup proposing to produce seaweed-based additives that reduce methane emissions from cows, Canada's National Observer has found. 

Forest carbon credits are promises that companies, individuals and governments can purchase to counteract their emissions by paying to plant or protect trees

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is creating Canada’s first carbon offset market to help big industry in its quest to cut its greenhouse gas emissions.

"Avoided deforestation" projects do not represent genuine abatement, say researchers, who liken the Coalition policy to "cheap tricks and hot air."

Over-reliance on tree-planting to offset carbon emissions could push food prices up 80 per cent by 2050, Oxfam said.

Canadian fields, orchards, and ranches might soon be growing a new crop: Carbon credits.

Nutrien Ltd. is calling on other members of the fertilizer industry to join its fight against climate change as it launches an agriculture carbon program to drive improved environmental sustainability and boost profits for farmers.

In a win for environmentalists, a California appeals court upheld a key part of the state's landmark climate change effort.