
How Climate Change Is Raising the Cost of Living
Americans are paying more for insurance, electricity, taxes, and home repairs every year. What many ...
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How Carbon Credits Help Address Residual Emissions From Large Events
If you're considering the environmental impact of hosting an event, you might focus on logistics like energy efficiency,...
The 2026 Complete Guide to Water Credits (WRCs)
Carbon tends to sit at the forefront of climate considerations, but there's another important, interconnected piece of the...
Beyond Carbon Credits: A Guide to the Expanding World of Environmental Credits
If a business wants to make a positive impact on the world, addressing its environmental footprint operationally might not...
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....
The Footprint Blog
Explore sustainability tips, carbon reduction and carbon removal strategies, renewable energy updates, and environmental project insights from Terrapass.
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...
Carbon Removal Credits and How Do They Differ from Carbon Reduction Credits
A common issue in sustainability is the constantly changing language of climate action. It feels like many climate science organizations use conflicting language to talk about the same thing, such as carbon offsets vs. carbon credits, and carbon credits vs. carbon remov...



