The Carbon Hunters: On the Trail of the Climate's Hottest Commodity | Amazon Watch
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The Carbon Hunters: On the Trail of the Climate’s Hottest Commodity

May 11, 2010 | Mark Schapiro, produced by Andres Cediel & co-produced by Daniela Broitman | FRONTLINE/World

FRONTLINE/World journeys to the remote rainforests of Brazil, where several American companies have been on the hunt for an increasingly valuable new commodity – carbon. But investing in big tracts of forest in order to soak up the carbon they may have to account for in proposed energy legislation is not without its costs.

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