Danny Cullenward

The FinReg Pod

Regulating Voluntary Carbon Credits (July 26, 2024)

National Public Radio

So you get an offer to buy a carbon offset. Here are 4 things to know
(July 25, 2024)

Energy Policy Now

Will Hydrogen Energy Be Clean Energy?
(Mar. 19, 2024)

The New Yorker

The Great Cash-for-Carbon Hustle (Oct. 16, 2023)

2024

As California Pushes Increased Ethanol Use, Experts Sound the Alarm on Environmental Impacts, Inside Climate News (Dec. 2, 2024)
Trafigura Bets Troubled Carbon-Credits Market Poised for Rebound, Bloomberg (Nov. 27, 2024)
Newsom said California would offer EV rebates if Trump cut them. But who pays?, The Sacramento Bee (Nov. 26, 2024)
California looks to renew multibillion-dollar climate program, Climatewire (Nov. 21, 2024)
Die Klima-Kompensation war tot. Kommt sie jetzt zurück?, Die Zeit (Nov. 15, 2024)
How California’s New Fuel Standards Could Affect Drivers, The New York Times (Nov. 13, 2024)
Will Hydrogen Hubs Be a Clean Energy Boom or Boondoggle?, Yale Environment360 (Nov. 11, 2024)
CARB decision will raise gas prices, but nobody can say by how much, ABC10 (Nov. 11, 2024)
California regulator OKs stricter clean air standards. What will it mean for gas prices?, The San Diego Union-Tribune (Nov. 11, 2024)
Gas prices could rise after vote by California regulators, The Los Angeles Times (Nov. 8, 2024)
California air regulators approve changes to climate program that could raise gas prices, The Associated Press (Nov. 8, 2024)
California enacts new climate rules — which could boost gas prices, CalMatters (Nov. 8, 2024)
While you’re waiting for election results, California could take a vote to raise gas prices, The San Francisco Chronicle (Nov. 6, 2024)
California regulators are pressed to come clean on gasoline prices, The Los Angeles Times (Nov. 5, 2024)
Will tougher fuel standards send gas prices through the roof?, The San Diego Union-Tribune (Nov. 3, 2024)
Can planting trees really offset my flight emissions?, Living Planet (Nov. 1, 2024)
Despite potential gas price hike, California regulator calls climate program a ‘win-win’, The Sacramento Bee (Oct. 24, 2024)
California’s plan to overhaul a key climate program — raising the cost of gas — ignites debate, CalMatters (Oct. 25, 2024)
More Companies Ditch Junk Carbon Offsets but New Buyers Loom, Bloomberg (Oct. 24, 2024)
Are California climate regulators gearing up to raise gas prices? Here’s what we know, The Sacramento Bee (Oct. 23, 2024)
Who’s Going to Tell Harris the Truth About Carbon Markets?, The New Republic (Oct. 18, 2024)
Gavin Newsom Raises Gas Prices Again, The Wall Street Journal (Oct. 17, 2024)
After Gavin Newsom’s gas bill passes, Republicans call to delay climate vote that may hike prices, The Sacramento Bee (Oct. 16, 2024)
Republicans urge air board to delay vote on new policies that could lead to gas price hikes, The Los Angeles Times (Oct. 15, 2024)
California could lock in disastrous dairy methane rules, advocates warn, Canary Media (Oct. 14, 2024)
As Newsom urges refinery controls, California regulators consider hike in gas prices, The Los Angeles Times (Oct. 10, 2024)
The case of the missing 47 cents, Politico (Oct. 7, 2024)
AirTalk: California Air Resources Board finds emissions drop, notes change in environmental policy, LAist (Sept. 25, 2024)
Carbon markets take center stage at Climate Week as criticisms abound, Climatewire (Sept. 25, 2024)
America’s Ambitious Climate Plan Is Faltering, The Wall Street Journal (Sept. 23, 2024)
‘Smoke and mirrors’: The US gambit to raise climate aid from corporations, Climatewire (Sept. 16, 2024)
A California Port Gambles on Dirty Hydrogen, Heatmap (Sept. 16, 2024)
The inside story of how ‘cap and trade’ became ‘cap and invest’, Climatewire (Aug. 9, 2024)
Climate cash pours into election swing region. Will it help Harris?, Climatewire (Aug. 8, 2024)
How a Green Tech Startup With No Climate Experience Secured Millions of Dollars in Government Contracts, ProPublica (Aug. 7, 2024)
California looks to extend carbon market 5 years ahead of end date, Climatewire (July 29, 2024)
Regulating Voluntary Carbon Credits, The FinReg Pod (July 26, 2024)
So you get an offer to buy a carbon offset. Here are 4 things to know, NPR (July 25, 2024)
The Crisis of Confidence in Voluntary Carbon Offsets, Energy Policy Now (July 16, 2024)
BP venture sells carbon offsets by ‘saving’ trees that aren’t in danger, Source Material (July 11, 2024)
What Is The Carbon Cost of Our Digital Lives?, KQED Forum (July 11, 2024)
What Role Will Carbon Removal Play Under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement?, Scrubbing the Skies (July 8, 2024)
Is Carbon Pricing the Best Way to Mitigate Climate Change?, Tax Notes Talk (July 3, 2024)
The federal government aims to address quality issues with carbon offset programs, NPR Morning Edition (June 21, 2024)
CNX plan to turn mine gas into jet fuel a ‘win-win’, or carbon accounting ‘gimmick’?, The Allegheny Front (June 18, 2024)
NY will bar polluter-friendly ‘offsets’ in planned carbon market, Climatewire (June 17, 2024)
The world’s on the verge of a carbon storage boom, MIT Technology Review (June 12, 2024)
Wall Street Backers See Breakthrough Moment for Carbon Offsets, Bloomberg (June 10, 2024)
In a first, California counts on carbon capture to meet its climate goals, Climatewire (June 5, 2024)
Carbon Offsets, a Much-Criticized Climate Tool, Get Federal Guidelines, The New York Times (May 28, 2024)
These trees made Hillsborough over $1M for their climate benefits. Is it legit?, Tampa Bay Times (May 28, 2024)
US to Outline Vision for Carbon Offsets Dogged by Controversy, Bloomberg (May 24, 2024)
The Road to a Decarbonized Future or Just Another Lifeline for Fossil Fuels?, Capital & Main (May 24, 2024)
Insurers Are Working to Shore Up the $2 Billion Carbon Offset Market, Bloomberg (May 24, 2024)
Newsom touts billions in climate spending through California’s cap-and-trade program, The Los Angeles Times (May 9, 2024)
Hydrogen hub partisans weigh pros and cons of MACH2 and other projects, Delaware Public Media (Apr. 19, 2024)
Sensor network shows EVs are reducing CO₂ emissions in the Bay Area. Is it enough?, The Los Angeles Times (Apr. 4, 2024)
Watch for $245 in rebates from Edison and SoCalGas thanks to climate credit, Orange County Register (Apr. 1, 2024)
Will Hydrogen Energy Be Clean Energy?, Energy Policy Now (Mar. 19, 2024)
California isn’t on track to meet its climate change mandates — and a new analysis says it’s not even close, CalMatters (Mar. 14, 2024)
Carbon offset project in Cambodia accused of human rights violations, The World from PRX (Mar. 12, 2024)
Rupert Murdoch’s son-in-law and the soil carbon revolution, The Guardian (Mar. 1, 2024)
Why concerns over the sustainability of carbon removal are growing, MIT Technology Review (Feb. 29, 2024)
Why the SEC’s New Climate Rules Matter, Heatmap (Feb. 26, 2024)
Californians already pay sky-high pump prices. It might get much worse., Climatewire (Feb. 26, 2024)
California says this climate program could hike gas prices 50 cents a gallon. Here’s how, The Sacramento Bee (Feb. 23, 2023)
Will natural gas made from manure increase Florida electric bills?, The Tampa Bay Times (Feb. 21, 2024)
Research Undermines Claims that Soil Carbon Can Offset Livestock Emissions, DeSmog (Feb. 3, 2024)
Just How Climate-Friendly Are Timber Buildings? It’s Complicated, Bloomberg (Jan. 24, 2024)
Carbon Offsets (Taylor’s Version), The New Republic (Jan. 15, 2024)

2023

Is California Overstating the Climate Benefit of Dairy Manure Methane Digesters?, Inside Climate News (Dec. 30, 2023)
Is California Still on Track to Meet Its Goal of 100% Clean Power by 2045?, KQED (Dec. 6, 2023)
Carbon Removal's Role to Fight Climate Change, KQED (Dec. 4, 2023)
US outlines plan to help other nations shift from fossil fuels, Climatewire (Dec. 4, 2023)
The Wild West of Carbon Credits, KBOO Locus Focus (Dec. 4, 2023)
Irish startup spreads concrete dust on Illinois farm field to remove CO₂ from the air, Chicago Tribune (Nov. 26, 2023)
The world is awash in plastic. Oil producers want a say in how it's cleaned up, National Public Radio (Nov. 13, 2023)
BP and Spotify bought carbon credits at risk of link to forced Uyghur labour in China, The Guardian (Nov. 13, 2023)
In a U.S. First, a Commercial Plant Starts Pulling Carbon From the Air, The New York Times (Nov. 9, 2023)
The World’s Biggest Carbon Removal Plant Just Turned 2. So, Uh, Is It Working?, Heatmap (Oct. 31, 2023)
As Newsom promotes California climate in China, state greenhouse gas emissions rose last year, The Sacramento Bee (Oct. 27, 2023)
Will California and Washington marry their carbon markets?, Climatewire (Oct. 23, 2023)
The Great Cash-for-Carbon Hustle, The New Yorker (Oct. 16, 2023)
PG&E’s undergrounding plan is causing sticker shock, Politico (Oct. 6, 2023)
15 ClimateTech Companies to Watch, MIT Technology Review (Oct. 4, 2023)
Resetting carbon offsets from the bottom up, Anthropocene (Oct. 2, 2023)
California must do a better job spending cap-and-trade revenue, Palo Alto Online (Oct. 1, 2023)
How This Popular Climate “Solution” Could Tank Our Progress, The New Republic (Sept. 27, 2023)
Regulators Are Trying to Stop Greenwashing Before It Gets Worse, Bloomberg (Sept. 18, 2023)
California lawmakers approve the nation’s most sweeping emissions disclosure rules, The Associated Press (Sept. 11, 2023)
The biomethane boondoggle that could derail clean hydrogen, Canary Media (Sept. 11, 2023)
How an Oil Giant Took Control of Biden's Billion-Dollar Bet on Carbon Capture, Bloomberg (Aug. 28, 2023)
How Oil and Tech Giants Came to Rule a Vital Climate Industry, The Wall Street Journal (Aug. 24, 2023)
There's a run on carbon credits. That's good news for the budget, Politico (Aug. 23, 2023)
California’s ambitious 2030 climate target faces serious obstacles, acknowledges regulator, The Sacramento Bee (July 31, 2023)
Rebuilding Trust in Carbon Offsets Faces Uphill Battle, The Wall Street Journal (July 12, 2023)
Forest owners look to the carbon market to help manage their trees, The Alleghany Front (July 7, 2023)
California and manufacturers strike deal over zero-emission trucks, CalMatters (July 6, 2023)
A Greenwashing Lawsuit Against Delta Aims to Set a Precedent, Bloomberg (June 13, 2023)
Sustainable Wood Buildings May Be the Next Frontier for Carbon Offsets, Bloomberg (May 31, 2023)
Lawmakers eye splitting of issues under EU’s carbon removals bill, Carbon Pulse (May 31, 2023)
A startup is helping California remove carbon from the air to meet climate goals, NPR All Things Considered (May 30, 2023)
Inside the little-known group setting the corporate climate agenda, MIT Technology Review (May 16, 2023)
A Hydrogen Factory Is Not Like a Heat Pump, Heatmap (May 8, 2023)
Carbon Removal Projects Leap Forward with New Offset Deals. Will They Help the Climate?, Inside Climate News (Apr. 28, 2023)
Rise of the Climate Rating Agencies, The American Prospect (Apr. 27, 2023)
California Looks to Remove Massive Amounts of Carbon from Atmosphere to Meet Climate Goals, KQED Forum (Mar 30, 2023)
Long-Awaited Rules for Carbon Offset Market Disappoint Experts, Bloomberg (Mar. 29, 2023)
Could Carbon Removal Be California's Next Big Boom Industry?, KQED (Mar. 29, 2023)
In Brazil's Amazon, carbon credit project halted over land dispute, Context (Mar. 26, 2023)
Rethinking cap-and-trade policies, what's wrong with carbon offsets, and more, Financial Climate (Mar. 22, 2023)
Do offset registry revenue models offer perverse incentives to over-credit?, Carbon Pulse (Mar. 20, 2023)
Is Carbon Capture And Storage A Possible Solution For Climate Change?, KQED California Report (Mar. 20, 2023)
New study questions integrity of California’s forestry offset protocol, details extensive over-crediting, Carbon Pulse (Mar. 3, 2023)
Lawmakers grill air quality agency on California climate plan, press for bold strategy, The Sacramento Bee (Mar. 1, 2023)
Finance Is Failing the World’s Best Defense Against Climate Change, Bloomberg (Feb. 28, 2023)
Washington state moves forward with program to charge companies for greenhouse gas emissions, CNBC (Feb. 28, 2023)
Snow? Graupel? Whatever Is Falling, It’s Making Californians Giddy, The New York Times (Feb. 24, 2023)
Carbon removal is so hot right now, Politico (Feb. 21, 2023)
USDA to help farmers navigate the murky world of soil carbon offsets, Grist (Feb. 13, 2023)
1 big thing: The growing push to ensure carbon removal has integrity, Axios (Feb. 10, 2023)
DNR wants in on WA’s emerging carbon-credit market, The Seattle Times (Feb. 9, 2023)
Mit Zertifikaten den Wald und die Welt retten? Diese Hoffnung zerplatzt, Neue Zürcher Zeitung (Jan. 30, 2023)
Here’s what we know about Kerry’s offset gambit, Climatewire (Jan. 23, 2023)

2022

Explainer: Forest carbon credits aim to offset pollution, The Associated Press (Dec. 22, 2022)
California's carbon offsetting may actually be increasing emissions, New Scientist (Dec. 22, 2022)
California approves sweeping climate change strategy that’s short on details, The Sacramento Bee (Dec. 16, 2022)
What would a more sustainable World Cup look like?, The Associated Press (Dec. 16, 2022)
Carbon Removal Is Coming to Fossil Fuel Country. Can It Bring Jobs and Climate Action?, Inside Climate News (Dec. 4, 2022)
California’s carbon-offset forests aren’t trapping much carbon. Here’s how to do better, The Los Angeles Times (Nov. 29, 2022)
FIFA claims the world cup in Qatar is "carbon neutral" 🤔, Semafor (Nov. 23, 2022)
Don’t Be Fooled by ‘Carbon Neutral’ Shipping, Wirecutter (Nov. 22, 2022)
Junk Carbon Offsets Are What Make These Big Companies ‘Carbon Neutral’, Bloomberg (Nov. 20, 2022)
California unveils plan to reach carbon neutrality by 2045, The Los Angeles Times (Nov. 16, 2022)
Slashing greenhouse gases: California revises climate change strategy, CalMatters (Nov. 16, 2022)
Is regenerative agriculture the future of farming or the next greenwashing fad?, Fast Company (Nov. 15, 2022)
Oil giant Occidental wants to remake itself as a climate tech leader in Texas, The Verge (Nov. 14, 2022)
Kerry’s Climate Credit Plan Risks Payouts for Carbon-Cutting Mirage, Bloomberg (Nov. 9, 2022)
The U.S. Is Presenting a Bad, Distracting Plan at U.N. Climate Talks, The New Republic (Nov. 9, 2022)
Qatar’s promise of ‘carbon-neutral’ World Cup raises doubts, The Associated Press (Nov. 7, 2022)
Are carbon markets helping to slow climate change? Maybe., The Washington Post (Nov. 2, 2022)
California set a record for greenhouse gas reductions in 2020, but it means nothing, The Los Angeles Times (Oct. 30, 2022)
Here's How Carbon Offsets Can Live up to Their Bold Promises, Time (Oct. 28, 2022)
Infighting among carbon credit verification bodies, Greenbiz (Oct. 19, 2022)
Can you fight the climate crisis with crypto?, Context (Oct. 19, 2022)
Proposition 30 has voters deciding on a tax for zero-emission vehicles. What you need to know, The Los Angeles Times (Oct. 7, 2022)
Phantom Forests: Why Ambitious Tree Planting Projects Are Failing, Yale Environment 360 (Oct. 6, 2022)
Why $100 per ton is the carbon removal industry's holy grail, Protocol (Oct. 4, 2022)
The fight to define the carbon offset market's future, Protocol (Oct. 4, 2022)
Without Manchin deal, can U.S. develop enough clean energy?, Climatewire (Sept. 28, 2022)
New Research Calls Into Question Carbon Offsets From California Forests, Northcoast Environmental Center (Sept. 24, 2022)
Offsets aflame: The risk of wildfires to tree-planting carbon credits, China Dialogue (Sept. 21, 2022)
Why Resolving Democrats’ Internal War on Climate Policy Will Be Hard, The New Republic (Sept. 15, 2022)
What happened when crypto companies entered the carbon market?, Context (Sept. 13, 2022)
Fears of 'subprime' carbon assets stall crypto rainforest mission, Context (Sept. 13, 2022)
All Biden has to do now is change the way we live, The New York Times (Sept. 11, 2022)
Facing criticism, state amps up its climate change blueprint, CalMatters (Sept 9, 2022)
How Politics Shapes Climate Policy: Insights for Risk Professionals, Climate Risk Podcast (Sept. 8, 2022)
California vows to ban gas-fueled cars. But its record on big climate promises is mixed, The Los Angeles Times (Sept. 6, 2022)
California Approves a Wave of Aggressive New Climate Measures, The New York Times (Sept. 1, 2022)
Carbon offsets have serious issues. Is it even possible to fix them?, Fast Company (Aug. 24, 2022)
We must fundamentally rethink “net-zero” climate plans. Here are six ways., MIT Technology Review (Aug. 24, 2022)
Carbon Offsets, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Aug. 21, 2022)
Forest Service to aid private owners on carbon markets, climate, Roll Call (Aug. 18, 2022)
Crypto can’t fix carbon offsets — but crypto fans are trying anyway, The Verge (Aug. 18, 2022)
The utopian world where carbon and crypto meet, The Financial Times (Aug. 17, 2022)
The green transition is happening fast. The climate bill will only speed it up., The New York Times (Aug. 17, 2022)
Western wildfires threaten carbon offsets, CBS Saturday Morning (Aug. 13, 2022)
Corn Ethanol Investors Poised to Profit From Inflation Reduction Act, The American Prospect (Aug. 11, 2022)
California’s Newsom wants to accelerate key climate goals, The Associated Press (Aug. 9, 2022)
Newsom to Legislature: Act fast to enact new climate change targets, CalMatters (Aug. 9, 2022)
Wildfires are destroying California's forest carbon credit reserves, study says, Reuters (Aug. 5, 2022)
Fires put California’s forest offset program at risk of collapse, The Hill (Aug. 5, 2022)
Wildfires Have Burned Through California's 100-Year Carbon Insurance in 10 Years, Study Finds, Vice (Aug. 5, 2022)
Wildfires destroy almost all forest carbon offsets in 100-year reserve, study says, The Financial Times (Aug. 4, 2022)
Now Is Your Chance to Fix the Carbon Offset Market, Bloomberg (Aug. 2, 2022)
Gavin Newsom tells California air pollution agency to ‘up our game’ on climate, carbon, The Sacramento Bee (July 25, 2022)
California hopes to fight global warming by pumping CO₂ underground. Some call it a ruse, The Los Angeles Times (July 25, 2022)
What Are Carbon Offsets, and Can They Combat Climate Change?, The Wall Street Journal (July 21, 2022)
Carbon removal trade group launches with ‘Hippocratic oath‘ for the industry, Grist (July 19, 2022)
Can the World Cup in Qatar Really Be Carbon Neutral?, How to Save a Planet (July 7, 2022)
Crypto companies are getting into carbon credits. But can they actually help the climate?, Popular Science (June 27, 2022)
Not enough or too far? California climate plan pleases few, The Associated Press (June 23, 2022)
A Hotter, Poorer, and Less Free America, The Atlantic (June 15, 2022)
Offsets Watchdog Aiming for Clarity on Net Zero Risks Creating Confusion, Bloomberg (June 14, 2022)
Wildfires in US West Match Climate Projections ‘Eerily’ Well, Bloomberg (June 7, 2022)
Climate controversy: California’s plan for handling crisis is flawed, advisors say, CalMatters (June 5, 2022)
Let’s not pretend planting trees is a permanent climate solution, The New York Times (June 4, 2022)
The Carbon Offset Problem, Wendover Productions (June 3, 2022)
Editorial: California needs to slash carbon pollution. Its pie-in-the-sky plan falls short, The Los Angeles Times (June 3, 2022)
Danny Cullenward on California's shaky climate plans, Volts Podcast (June 1, 2022)
The Crypto Industry Was On Its Way to Changing the Carbon-Credit Market, Until It Hit a Major Roadblock, Time (May 26, 2022)
Inside Charm Industrial’s big bet on corn stalks for carbon removal, MIT Technology Review (May 26, 2022)
Can Carbon Offsets Save the Planet?, Now This (May 23, 2022)
California Might Pass Its Own Personal Build Back Better, The American Prospect (May 20, 2022)
Is California giving its methane digesters too much credit?, Grist (May 19, 2022)
Do airline climate offsets really work? Here’s the good news, and the bad., The New York Times (May 18, 2022)
Wildfire, Drought, and Insects Threaten Forests in the United States, Eos (May 12, 2022)
State unveils new climate change blueprint packed with strategies tackling fossil fuels, CalMatters (May 11, 2022)
Polluters are using forests as ‘carbon offsets.’ Climate change has other plans., National Geographic (May 4, 2022)
The next era of carbon removal, Bloomberg Green Summit (Apr. 27, 2022)
How much carbon dioxide removal do we actually need?, Protocol (Apr. 22, 2022)
Navigating the net-zero thicket, Politico (Apr. 15, 2022)
Counting the carbon costs of Verra’s shift to the short term, Carbon Pulse (Apr. 14, 2022)
The Biggest Crypto Effort to End Useless Carbon Offsets Is Backfiring, Bloomberg (Apr. 7, 2022)
Matt Levine: Distressed-Debt Deal Makes People Mad, Bloomberg (Apr. 7, 2022)
Occidental is Eyeing California’s Clean Fuels Market to Fund Texas Carbon Removal Plant, Inside Climate News (Apr. 6, 2022)
Racing to Net-Zero: A Captivating but Distant Ambition, Stanford Social Innovation Review (Mar. 30, 2022)
Is California’s cap-and-trade program hurting the environment more than helping it?, The Los Angeles Times (Mar. 22, 2022)
Startups are popping up to offer carbon offsets. It’s raising thorny questions., Protocol (Mar. 15, 2022)
As Evidence of Cap and Trade Problems Mounts, California Air Regulators Remain Defiant, Capitol & Main (Feb. 24, 2022)
California won’t immediately change pollution credit program, The Associated Press (Feb. 23, 2022)
Experts – once again — tell Senate panel that California’s key climate change strategy is flawed, CalMatters (Feb. 23, 2022)
California companies’ pollution credits risk climate aims, The Associated Press (Feb. 16, 2022)
How to Avoid Buying Dodgy Carbon Offsets, Bloomberg (Feb. 8, 2022)
High expectation from society on carbon removal, European Commission Sustainable Carbon Cycles Conference (Jan. 31, 2022)
The buzz around carbon removal is drawing jobseekers in droves, Canary Media (Jan. 24, 2022)
Price hike marks new era for Calif. cap and trade, Climatewire (Jan. 3, 2022)
Trying to be (actually) carbon neutral: Three lessons, Greenbiz (Jan. 3, 2022)

2021

Wildfires Are Hurting California Program to Fight Climate Change, The Wall Street Journal (Dec. 27, 2021)
If a sprawling suburb ditches natural gas, is it good for the climate?, The Los Angeles Times (Dec. 23, 2021)
How a new global carbon market could exaggerate climate progress, MIT Technology Review (Nov. 24, 2021)
The latest farm product: Carbon credits, The New York Times (Nov. 23, 2021)
Energy Forum: The end of oil?, Capitol Weekly (Nov. 17, 2021)
With limited EV options, Uber embraces carbon offsets in Latin America, Reuters (Nov. 17, 2021)
The COP-26 message? We are trusting big business, not states, to fix the climate crisis, The Guardian (Nov. 16, 2021)
Fossil Fuel Executives at the Glasgow Climate Talks Are Miffed With the Media, The New Republic (Nov. 11, 2021)
There isn’t enough space for all of the trees companies want to plant, NPR Marketplace (Nov. 8, 2021)
A $130T climate promise is greeted with suspicion, Politico (Nov. 3, 2021)
A Closer Look: UN Climate Summit in Scotland, NBC Bay Area (Nov. 1, 2021)
The case for climate reparations, New York (Nov. 1, 2021)
Are global warming summits still cool?, The New York Times (Nov. 1, 2021)
If a tree doesn't fall in the forest … , The New York Times (Oct. 29, 2021)
California is banking on forests to reduce emissions. What happens when they go up in smoke?, Grist (Oct. 27, 2021)
Minnesota farmers are getting paid to fight climate by cultivating a new cash crop: carbon, The St. Cloud Times (Oct. 24, 2021)
Carbon offsets can be tough to get right, NPR Marketplace (Oct. 21, 2021)
Dems seek to salvage climate goals with taxes, regs, Climatewire (Oct. 20, 2021)
How trading CO₂ could save the climate, BBC (Oct. 18, 2021)
Net zero isn’t enough. We need to get to net negative, Fortune (Sept. 23, 2021)
Companies hoping to grow carbon-sucking kelp may be rushing ahead of the science, MIT Technology Review (Sept. 19, 2021)
Burned trees and billions in cash: How a California climate program lets companies pollute, The Los Angeles Times (Sept. 08, 2021)
Carbon offsets: A license to pollute or a path to net zero emissions?, The Financial Times (Aug. 30, 2021)
Wildfires are ravaging forests set aside to soak up greenhouse gases, The New York Times (Aug. 23, 2021)
Wildfires are burning up trees meant to fight climate change: 'It’s definitely not working', USA Today (Aug. 22, 2021)
Lawmakers Question California Cap and Trade Policies, citing ProPublica report, ProPublica (Aug. 20, 2021)
Bewegung am CO₂-Kompensationsmarkt, Der Tagesspiegel (Aug. 19, 2021)
Emissions offsets ease travel guilt, but do they reduce carbon footprints?, NPR Marketplace (Aug. 17, 2021)
How to Sell ‘Carbon Neutral’ Fossil Fuel That Doesn’t Exist, Bloomberg (Aug. 11, 2021)
As Profits Rise, Oil Majors Face New Pressures, The Energy Gang Podcast (Aug. 10, 2021)
Whom are we trying to fool?, River Reporter (Aug. 10, 2021)
Present at the Creation of a Climate Alliance—or Climate Conflict, Foreign Policy (Aug. 6, 2021)
Carbon offset programs of companies like Microsoft, BP go up in smoke as wildfires decimate forests, The Independent (Aug. 4, 2021)
US forest fires threaten carbon offsets as company-linked trees burn, The Financial Times (Aug. 3, 2021)
The Bootleg fire is burning through trees that are being used as carbon offsets, Fast Company (July 28, 2021)
Western Wildfires Are Sending Carbon Offsets Up in Smoke, Earther (July 27, 2021)
The pandemic slashed the West Coast’s emissions. Wildfires already reversed it., MIT Technology Review (July 27, 2021)
Wildfires rage and a tool to combat climate change goes up in smoke, Politico (July 27, 2021)
Opinion: How California can lead the way on climate-protecting technologies, The Los Angeles Times (July 25, 2021)
Bootleg Fire is burning up carbon offsets, CNN (July 22, 2021)
The Winklevoss's Crypto Carbon Capture Conundrum, Bloomberg (July 14, 2021)
Carbon offsets private market is completely unregulated, says policy expert, CNBC (July 8, 2021)
Carbon removal hype is becoming a dangerous distraction, MIT Technology Review (July 8, 2021)
The US is about to go all-in on paying farmers and foresters to trap carbon, Grist (July 7, 2021)
California’s Climate Program Is Actually Adding Carbon To The Atmosphere, NPR Science Friday (June 25, 2021)
Calif. knows how to set climate goals. But can it meet them?, Climatewire (June 9, 2021)
California Not Doing as Well as It Thinks in Reducing Carbon, Investigation Finds, KQED (June 7, 2021)
Wall Street’s Favorite Climate Solution Is Mired in Disagreements, Bloomberg (June 2, 2021)
Turning Carbon Offsets Into Catnip for Commodities Traders, Bloomberg (June 1, 2021)
Nonprofit Seeks to Trap Carbon in the Financial Markets, The Wall Street Journal (May 23, 2021)
Governor caught between key Democratic blocs on oil setbacks, The Associated Press (May 23, 2021)
Carbon offsets are going primetime and they’re not ready, Quartz (May 20, 2021)
Meet the startup producing oil to fight climate change, Grist (May 18, 2021)
Is it a plan to fight climate change, or a gas tax? The TCI is facing fierce pushback, The Middletown Press (May 17, 2021)
Priming the pump for high-priced, high-promise carbon removal tech, Canary Media (May 17, 2021)
Startup That Rates Carbon Offsets Finds Almost Half Fall Short, Bloomberg (May 12, 2021)
California’s carbon offset program might be pumping millions of tons CO₂ into the air, new study says, KCRW (May 12, 2021)
Offsetting Emissions Using Forests; Urban Renewal Reparations, WBUR (May 12, 2021)
Washington Passed its Cap-and-Trade Climate Legislation. Now What?, U.S. News and World Report (May 10, 2021)
Episode 6: Carbon Pricing Hits a Brick Wall on the Left, Pricing Nature (May 10, 2021)
A Nonprofit Promised to Preserve Wildlife. Then It Made Millions Claiming It Could Cut Down Trees., ProPublica (May 10, 2021)
Emission Impossible, NPR Planet Money (May 7, 2021)
BP’s Suspicious Support for a Carbon Market in Washington State, The New Republic (May 6, 2021)
California program overestimates climate benefits of forest offsets – study, Reuters (Apr. 30, 2021)
California’s Carbon Offset Program Is a Complete Disaster, Earther (Apr. 29, 2021)
The math isn’t adding up on forests and CO₂ reductions, The Verge (Apr. 29, 2021)
The Climate Solution Actually Adding Millions of Tons of CO₂ Into the Atmosphere, ProPublica (Apr. 29, 2021)
How to Think About Negative Emissions in the Climate Fight, Bloomberg (Apr. 13, 2021)
Digging into the complex, confusing and contentious world of soil carbon offsets, GreenBiz (Feb. 26, 2021)
Burned by carbon pricing, Dems chart new course on climate, Climatewire (Feb 2, 2021)
Carney task force confronts concerns over carbon credits market, The Financial Times (Jan. 27, 2021)
Does carbon pricing work? Researchers are skeptical, Climatewire (Jan. 21, 2021)
Warm Springs evaluates carbon sequester project in wake of wildfire, Columbia Insight (Jan. 21, 2021)

2020

The Jury Is Still Out On Carbon Credits, Bloomberg Daybreak Europe (Dec. 21, 2020)
Episode 139: Jeremy Freeman and Danny Cullenward, CarbonPlan, My Climate Journey (Dec. 19, 2020)
The Real Trees Delivering Fake Corporate Climate Progress, Bloomberg (Dec. 17, 2020)
These Trees Are Not What They Seem, Bloomberg (Dec. 9, 2020)
In the quest for carbon offsets, (almost) anything goes, GreenBiz (Nov. 30, 2020)
Want to offset your carbon footprint? Here’s what you need to know, Ars Technica (Nov. 25, 2020)
Cap and Trade-Offs: Did California's landmark legislation help or hurt the state's most vulnerable?, Grist (Oct. 19, 2020)
This Oregon forest was supposed to store carbon for 100 years. Now it’s on fire., Grist (Sept. 18, 2020)
Why Planting Trees Won’t Save Us, Rolling Stone (June 25, 2020)
Bleak cap-and-trade results raise doubts about program, Climatewire (June 16, 2020)
Why we can’t count on carbon-sucking farms to slow climate change, MIT Technology Review (June 3, 2020)

2019

Cap and Trade Is Supposed to Solve Climate Change, but Oil and Gas Company Emissions Are Up, ProPublica (Nov. 15, 2019)
California may be a climate leader, but it could be a century behind on its carbon goals: study, Utility Dive (Oct. 29, 2019)
Will fed’s lawsuit targeting California’s key climate change policy cost polluters and taxpayers?, CalMatters (Oct. 25, 2019)
Trump continues his all-out assaults on California and climate action, MIT Technology Review (Oct. 23, 2019)
Researchers Press California to Strengthen Landmark Climate Law, KQED (Aug. 17, 2019)
California’s planet-warming emissions declined, even as its biggest source keeps rising, The Los Angeles Times (Aug. 12, 2019)
California’s emissions deal with automakers dodges Trump EPA plan to gut rules, CalMatters (July 25, 2019)
Newsom Catches Heat for Using Climate Funds on Drinking Water Plan, KQED (June 19, 2019)
Why fighting for clean water with climate change money worries some California lawmakers, CalMatters (June 17, 2019)
No longer the loneliest? Why Oregon’s all-in climate push matters to California, CalMatters (June 6, 2019)

2018

Big polluters get help from the state, renewing doubts about California’s climate goals, CalMatters (Dec. 14, 2018)
California’s cap-and-trade system may be too weak to do its job, Vox (Dec. 12, 2018)
California Gov-elect Gavin Newsom faces pressure to cut $77 billion high-speed rail project after audit, CNBC (Nov. 29, 2018)
California Governor Jerry Brown was a climate leader, but his vision had a fatal flaw, The Intercept (Nov. 28, 2018)
Economists question cap-and-trade rules, E&E News (Oct. 23, 2018)
Amid dire climate warnings, blue state pledges carry new weight, The Christian Science Monitor (Oct. 11, 2018)
California advances an ambitious climate policy that should be a model for the world, MIT Technology Review (Aug. 28, 2018)
California’s huge energy decision: link its grid to its neighbors, or stay autonomous?, Vox (Aug. 23, 2018)
Snub from Ontario doesn't dampen Calif. auction, E&E News (Aug. 22, 2018)
Trump makes his biggest move on climate with car rules, E&E News (Aug. 3, 2018)
California’s plan to integrate the West Coast grid is a great idea—that could easily backfire, MIT Technology Review (July 11, 2018)
Ontario ready to pull out of carbon market, leaving California in limbo, CalMatters (June 27, 2018)
China is creating a huge carbon market—but not a particularly aggressive one, MIT Technology Review (June 18, 2018)
Why Carbon Pricing Isn’t Working, Foreign Affairs (June 14, 2018)
Is ditching fossil fuels entirely a reasonable goal?, The Christian Science Monitor (May 24, 2018)
Checking the math on cap and trade, some experts say it’s not adding up, CalMatters (May 22, 2018)
Another Western grid plan bites the dust, E&E News (May 10, 2018)
In Rush to Buy Clean Energy, Coal and Gas Have Hidden Role, Voice of San Diego (Apr. 3, 2018)
Climate change policy is proving difficult to enact even in liberal states with Democratic control, The Intercept (Mar. 23, 2018)
Is cap and trade the climate solution? The jury’s still out, Utility Dive (Jan. 19, 2018)

2017

State faces 'giant' questions about slashing emissions, E&E News (Dec. 14, 2017)
How does finance fit into the climate change fight?, CNBC Asia (Dec. 12, 2017)
Surge of Carbon Pricing Proposals Coming in the New Year, MIT Technology Review (Dec. 4, 2017)
California’s emissions dip—but climate policies get less credit than the weather, CalMatters (Nov. 29, 2017)
Study Shows Limits of Cap-And-Trade in California, Capitol & Main (Nov. 22, 2017
Jerry Brown’s Cap-and-Trade Program Isn’t Working, East Bay Express (Nov. 22, 2017)
Renewable energy drives California emissions reductions, PV Magazine (Nov. 20, 2017)
Cap-and-trade not driving California’s falling emissions – report, CarbonPulse (Nov. 16, 2017)
Will countries implement pledges to cut carbon emissions?, CBNC Asia (Nov. 16, 2017)
Emissions drop not due to cap and trade — study, E&E News (Nov. 15, 2017)
‘The fear of dying’ pervades Southern California’s oil-polluted enclaves, The Center for Public Integrity (Oct. 30, 2017)
Key Senator Vows to Block Climate Deal That Would Aid Polluters, CalMatters (Aug. 24, 2017)
California cap-and-trade program gets a shot in the arm with strong permit auction results, Los Angeles Times (Aug. 23, 2017)
California climate deal could net big bucks for polluters, CalMatters (Aug. 16, 2017)
California Lawmakers Extend Cap-and-Trade to 2030, with Republican Support, Inside Climate News (July 18, 2017)
California Gov. Jerry Brown Is Backing a Climate Bill Full of Giveaways to Polluters, In These Times (July 14, 2017)
Gov. Jerry Brown's New Effort To 'Fill The Void' On Climate Leadership, KXJZ Capitol Public Radio (July 12, 2017)
California's New Cap-and-Trade Plan Heads for a Vote—With Compromises, Inside Climate News (July 12, 2017) 
Debate rages over California cap-and-trade deal, concessions to Big Oil, San Jose Mercury News (July 11, 2017)
Here's how Jimmy Gomez's new job makes the state's climate change fight more difficult, The Los Angeles Times (July 8, 2017)
California joins states-led climate pact after Trump pulls out of Paris accord, KPCC (June 1, 2017)
Trump, jobs, and the environment, CNBC Asia (May 28, 2017)
White House Budget Aims to Kill 'Crazy' Climate Science, Climate Central (May 23, 2017)
Trump Efforts to Blunt Climate Tool Likely to Provoke Legal Backlash, MIT Technology Review (May 17, 2017)
Bid to reform cap and trade rests on its shaky legal foundation, ClimateWire (May 16, 2017)
California set an ambitious goal for fighting global warming. Now comes the hard part, Los Angeles Times (May 11, 2017)
Can state run on sun and wind alone? California weighs aggressive climate change measures, Sacramento Bee (May 4, 2017)
Why some experts say a court just created a new pathway to "tax" Californians, CalMatters (May 3, 2017)
California tables new cap-and-trade plan that challenges Ontario, Quebec, The Globe and Mail (May 3, 2017)
California is about to revolutionize climate policy … again, Vox (May 3, 2017)
Legislative, environmental stakeholders debate pros and cons of new cap and trade proposal, KPCC Air Talk (May 2, 2017)
As Trump reverses climate actions, California considers a bold new step, The Washington Post (May 2, 2017)
California Proposes Ambitious New Cap-and-Trade Program, MIT Technology Review (May 1, 2017)
Industry groups stump for cap and trade, ClimateWire (Apr. 11, 2017)
Court upholds cap-and-trade program, ClimateWire (Apr. 7, 2017)
Removal of Energy 'Burdens' Could Have Huge Impacts, Climate Central (Mar. 30, 2017)
Justice Department Moves Swiftly to Back Trump Climate Order, Climate Central (Mar. 29, 2017
Trump Moves to Dismantle U.S. Climate Rules, Climate Central (Mar. 29, 2017)
EPA Withdraws Request for Methane Data, Climate Central (Mar. 3, 2017)
Three Ways New EPA Head Scott Pruitt Will Dismantle Environmental Protection, Gizmodo (Feb. 17, 2017)
How Much Damage Could Scott Pruitt Really Do at EPA? MIT Technology Review (Feb. 8, 2017)
Dakota Pipeline Greenlighted As Fossil Fuels Move to Fore, Climate Central (Feb. 8, 2017)
Here's what you need to know about California's climate change deal, PolitiFact (Jan. 26, 2017)

2016 and earlier

Four Critical Energy Issues to Watch in 2017, Climate Central (Dec. 29, 2016)
States May Drive U.S. Climate Policy Under Trump, Climate Central (Nov. 10, 2016)
America's Climate Plan Falls Short of its Promises, Climate Central (Sept. 26, 2016)
State Assembly approves bill to extend climate targets, ClimateWire (Aug. 24, 2016)
Key Program in Doubt as California Climate Bill Approved, Climate Central (Aug. 23, 2016)
Legal Doubts Over California’s Cap-and-Trade Program, Climate Central (Aug. 16, 2016)
State releases plan to extend cap and trade through 2050, ClimateWire (July 13, 2016)
Under pressure, state to propose cap-and-trade changes, ClimateWire (July 11, 2016)
Could California's cap-and-trade auction meltdown happen again?, Sacramento Bee (June 13, 2016)
Why did demand for Calif. carbon allowances just plummet?, ClimateWire (May 27, 2016) 
How do we define climate pollution's cost to society?, High Country News (Jan. 27, 2016)
California's carbon market is leaking, Grist (Oct. 30, 2014)
Despite California climate law, carbon emissions may be a shell game, The Los Angeles Times (Oct. 24, 2014)
City power department could be forced to make nation's sharpest carbon emissions cut, ClimateWire (June 30, 2014)
Curbing emissions, or doin' the 'resource shuffle'?, Fortune (June 3, 2014)
Calif. cuts part of its greenhouse gas emissions by exporting them, ClimateWire (Apr. 25, 2014)
Democratic leader's pitch to make carbon tax part of broader reform meets some skepticism, ClimateWire (Feb. 21, 2014)
Economists raise alarm about out-of-state emissions leakage, ClimateWire (Oct. 24, 2013) 
Big, Bad Hydro, Forbes (June 19, 2008)
Methane quashes green credentials of hydropower, Nature (Nov. 30, 2006)