How to Get Rich By Scamming the Climate

onJan 21, 2008 @ 07:01 PST

A cartoon in The New York Times brilliantly captured the mentality behind the latest green trend. It showed a man kneeling at the confessional praying, “Forgive me, but I have SUV‘d.”

The minister takes the proffered bag of money and replies:

Go thy way, thy sins are offset. You too can be forgiven of your carbon emitting sins and achieve the exalted status of being ‘carbon neutral’ without trading in your SUV or cancelling that overseas vacation.”

Here’s a collection of articles we’ve written on the issue carbon offsets:

Enron-Type Accounting Used to Calculate “Carbon Offsets”

Romm on trees and carbon offsets

The Latest in Offsets: Homelessness

Carbon Trading: “Bad for the South, Bad for the North, Bad for the Climate”

Monbiot: Methane Findings Highlight the Scam of Carbon Trading

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Pesticide Industry 'Hijacked' Climate Stage at COP30, Campaigners Say

ByClare Carlile

onNov 21, 2025 @ 16:13 PST

Corporate pledges to fight deforestation by turning degraded pasture into cropland seen boosting demand for harmful chemical inputs.

Series: 2025 COP30 Climate Summit, Shining a Light on Big Ag’s Climate Push, Investigating the Pesticide Lobby

Series: COP30 Coverage, Big Ag's Climate Push, Investigating the Pesticide Lobby

Exclusive: COP30 PR Agency Edelman Lobbied Presidency to Favour Fossil Fuel Client

ByTJ Jordan, Naira Hofmeister and Maria Clára Parente

onNov 21, 2025 @ 05:00 PST

As the New York-based firm was preparing to work on the climate summit, it was also pushing for Brazilian oil and gas distributor Vibra Energia to help power it.

Series: 2025 COP30 Climate Summit, Holding the Advertising and Public Relations Industry Accountable for Greenwash and Climate Misinformation

Series: COP30 Coverage, Advertising & PR Industry