JetBlue announced that it would offset its 15 to 17 billion pounds of greenhouse gas emissions by purchasing carbon credits. But is the tactic a long term solution? Credit: Tomás Del Coro Investment ...

Investment and university pension funds, cement manufacturers, home heating distributors, tech giants like Google and Amazon, and the ride-hailing firm Lyft all say they are reducing their carbon ...

So you’re booking your flight, and just when you’re about to check out, the airline asks if you’d like to pay a little something to offset your share of the flight’s pollution. Or, maybe you’re an ...

Thousands of companies have established net zero goals, and many use carbon offsets—for example, paying to protect forests—to bolster their claims about reducing emissions. Shell, for example, spent ...

One-fifth of the world's biggest companies have made some sort of pledge to go carbon neutral, meaning they will pollute less or pay to offset their pollution. One popular type of offset involves ...

Carbon credits could eventually play an important role in fighting climate change, but right now a few dollars’ worth won’t change much. By Maggie Astor Carbon offset programs have become ubiquitous.

1. Company A builds a plant that generates Huge amounts of CO2 in your neighborhood.<BR><BR>2. Your neighborhood has such high levels of CO2 that temperatures go up .3 degrees. People protest, Govt ...

So you're booking your flight, and just when you're about to check out, the airline asks if you'd like to pay a little something to offset your share of the flight's pollution. Or, maybe you're an ...