History books will one day decide the legacy of the year 2016, but one thing is certain - it will be a year remembered...
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Wright Brother’s Day and Offsetting Air Travel
Later this week, the world will remember when, more than one hundred years ago in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, brothers...
Terrapass Clean Energy Project Profile: Big Smile Wind Farm
We try to conserve energy. As kids, most of us learned the basic lessons: Turn off the lights when you leave the...
Renewable Energy Credits, A Primer
Try as we might, very few of us can live a completely carbon-free, green lifestyle. There are still those necessary...
Climate Action in 2026: New Rules Add High-Integrity Carbon Credits to Aggressive Decarbonization
After a turbulent year for sustainability in 2025, many businesses are reassessing how to move forward on climate action. While the impacts of global warming are accelerating, political and regulatory support for climate initiatives has become increasingly uneven across...
How Green-e® Certification Programs Ensure REC and Carbon Offset Buyers Get What They Pay For
Have you ever seen those ads to adopt a star? While paying to name one in someone’s honor may sound like a nice gesture, the companies selling these gifts aren’t even officially authorized to name stars — only the International Astronomical Union can. With...
How the Benefits of Carbon Offsets Extend to Local Communities
Buying carbon offsets is typically associated with balancing your carbon footprint. By financing a carbon emissions reduction, removal, or avoidance — such as capturing methane from a landfill or reducing logging activity so forests can sequester more carbon — you c...
3 Affordable Ways to Help the Environment Within Your Control
If you’re feeling discouraged about the challenges facing environmental progress, you’re not alone. In several aspects, we are increasingly feeling the effects of climate change while confidence in the ability of government to reduce climate change is fading...
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