California Split Over Carbon Trading Plan for Tropical Forests
U.S. state is due to decide in April whether to adopt an emissions scheme that indigenous leaders say will harm their communities
January 9, 2019Reuters
"TFS could allow oil refiners, which are purchasing oil from Ecuador to turn around and buy offset credits from the same regions in Ecuador that have been devastated by oil drilling," said Zoe Cina-Sklar of advocacy group Amazon Watch. Instead of carbon trading, California should curb Amazon crude imports and take immediate measures to wean itself off fossil fuels, such as freezing new oil and gas permits in the state, she added.