'Landmark' Carbon Capture Credit Purchase by NextGen Denounced as Total 'Scam'

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'Landmark' Carbon Capture Credit Purchase by NextGen Denounced as Total 'Scam'
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'Carbon offset markets are widely discredited,' says foodandwater's Jim Walsh. 'Their only benefit lies in enriching the middlemen charged with selling the lie.'

facility often touted as proof of concept has increased emissions since installing the technology in 2017.

"Carbon offset markets are widely discredited. Their only benefit lies in enriching the middlemen charged with selling the lie—NextGen's scheme is no different," Food & Water Watch policy director Jim Walsh said in a."Carbon capture is a costly and ineffective distraction from the real work of transitioning off dirty fossil and biofuels."

"Carbon capture is a costly and ineffective distraction from the real work of transitioning off dirty fossil and biofuels."more than $2.

Walsh argued that the Biden administration's"foolhardy embrace of failed carbon removal technologies" is"to blame for the latest corporate gold rush to sell the carbon capture scam."Our work is licensed under Creative Commons . Feel free to republish and share widely.

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