More Carbon Credit Fraud Uncovered: CEO of Verra Resigns

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More Carbon Credit Fraud Uncovered: CEO of Verra Resigns
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CEO of biggest carbon credit certifier to resign after claims offsets worthless


The Guardian did a joint investigation and helped uncover large amounts of malfeasance.

It comes amid concerns that Verra, a Washington-based nonprofit, approved tens of millions of worthless offsets that are used by major companies for climate and biodiversity commitments, according to a joint Guardian investigation earlier this year.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/23/ceo-of-worlds-biggest-carbon-credit-provider-says-he-is-resigning?CMP=share_btn_tw

The announcement follows a difficult period for Verra, which has seen the environmental integrity of their carbon standard satirised by the comedian John Oliver and journalistic exposés about the integrity of their carbon credit certification process.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/05/26/more-carbon-credit-fraud-uncovered-ceo-of-verra-resigns/