Eddie Ranch News Today

Over the last few years, a drumbeat of academic research and investigative reporting has painted a bleak picture of carbon offsets.

High-profile initiatives to plant millions of trees are being touted by governments around the world as major contributions to fighting climate change. But the reality on the ground can be sobering.

High-profile initiatives to plant millions of trees are being touted by governments around the world as major contributions to fighting climate change. But scientists say many of these projects are ill-conceived and poorly managed and often fail to grow any forests at all.


Recent fires at reforestation projects raise the question, can the carbon-capture claims of a booming offset industry hold up?