Op-Ed: California’s carbon-offset forests aren’t trapping much carbon. Here’s how to do better

Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Shane Coffield and James Randerson
Los Angeles Times

One carbon-offset forest in California that’s paid for by oil companies is west of Vann, in the northern part of the state.

Picture Credit:
Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times

Op-Ed: California’s carbon-offset forests aren’t trapping much carbon. Here’s how to do better

Op-Ed: California’s carbon-offset forests aren’t trapping much carbon. Here’s h…

The Department of Earth System Science acknowledges our presence on the ancestral and unceded territory of the Acjachemen and Tongva peoples, who still hold strong cultural, spiritual and physical ties to this region.