Carbon Offsets & Markets

Uncertainty and Dysfunction in Carbon Offset Markets: Verification Challenges, Avoided Tropical Deforestation Challenges, and Challenges in Evaluating Lowering Emissions of High Emissions Energy Projects. January 25, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Uncertainty and Dysfunction in Carbon Offset Markets: Verification Challenges, Avoided Tropical Deforestation Challenges, and Challenges in Evaluating Lowering Emissions of High Emissions Energy Projects

Coastal Habitat Restoration and Coastal Erosion Mitigation: Good for Wildlife, Resiliency, and Storing Carbon. August 25, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Coastal Habitat Restoration and Coastal Erosion Mitigation: Good for Wildlife, Resiliency, and Storing Carbon

Enhanced Rock Weathering in Agriculture: Crushed Basalt and Wollastonite for CO2 Removal, Soil N2O Emissions Reduction, Improved Phosphorus Availability, Acidity Regulation, and Improved Air Quality: Durability of Sequestration, Costs, Credits, Measurement, Verification & Reporting, and Scaling Challenges. February 15, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Enhanced Rock Weathering in Agriculture: Crushed Basalt and Wollastonite for CO2 Removal, Soil N2O Emissions Reduction, Improved Phosphorus Availability, Acidity Regulation, and Improved Air Quality: Durability of Sequestration, Costs, Credits, Measurement, Verification & Reporting, and Scaling Challenges

Seaweed Farming for Carbon Storage: As Viable as Other Blue Carbon Habitat Reconstruction Methods According to New Research. February 22, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Seaweed Farming for Carbon Storage: As Viable as Other Blue Carbon Habitat Reconstruction Methods According to New Research

Corporate Conservation Projects and Environmental Benefits Trading: Credits, Budgets, Planning, Challenges, and New Opportunities. April 3, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Corporate Conservation Projects and Environmental Benefits Trading: Credits, Budgets, Planning, Challenges, and New Opportunities

Carbon Farming Needs Better Measurement and Monitoring: Soil Carbon Sequestration May Not Be Permanent: These are True, but the Paper Seems to Be Politically Biased. July 10, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Carbon Farming Needs Better Measurement and Monitoring: Soil Carbon Sequestration May Not Be Permanent: These are True, but the Paper Seems to Be Politically Biased

The Four Requirements for Effective Nature-Based Climate Solutions Involving Carbon Offsets, According to New Research. August 6, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Four Requirements for Effective Nature-Based Climate Solutions Involving Carbon Offsets, According to New Research

Biomass Burial: Company ‘Mast Reforestation’ Buries Burnt Trees for Temporary Carbon Credits: Biomass Carbon Removal & Storage is Followed by Re-Planting That Allows Re-growth to Happen Faster. September 2, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Biomass Burial: Company ‘Mast Reforestation’ Buries Burnt Trees for Temporary Carbon Credits: Biomass Carbon Removal & Storage is Followed by Re-Planting That Allows Re-growth to Happen Faster

Academics Argue That Carbon Offsets Don’t Work and Should Be Phased Out, Especially Low-Quality Ones. November 19, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Academics Argue That Carbon Offsets Don’t Work and Should Be Phased Out, Especially Low-Quality Ones

Debt Relief for Conservation: An Interesting Idea, but Will China Participate? Inside Climate News Explores the Idea. December 29, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Debt Relief for Conservation: An Interesting Idea, but Will China Participate? Inside Climate News Explores the Idea

After Years of Clean Energy Emphasis, Tech Companies’ Carbon Footprints are Soaring Due to AI Data Centers: Offsetting Emissions Has Grown Too. August 16, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: After Years of Clean Energy Emphasis, Tech Companies’ Carbon Footprints are Soaring Due to AI Data Centers: Offsetting Emissions Has Grown Too

Resignations Rise Due to Forest Carbon Accounting Rule Disagreements about Threats to Scientific Integrity. August 28, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Resignations Rise Due to Forest Carbon Accounting Rule Disagreements about Threats to Scientific Integrity

Two Studies Suggest That Carbon Storage Through Enhanced Rock Weathering is Less Durable Than Thought. September 28, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Two Studies Suggest That Carbon Storage Through Enhanced Rock Weathering is Less Durable Than Thought

Mangrove Forests Mitigate Nitrogen Pollution by Trapping Sediment that Contains Anaerobic Microbes That Break It Down in Water: The Potential for Nitrogen Removal Credit Markets. October 2, 2026. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Mangrove Forests Mitigate Nitrogen Pollution by Trapping Sediment that Contains Anaerobic Microbes That Break It Down in Water: The Potential for Nitrogen Removal Credit Markets