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Microsoft Is Pausing Carbon Removal Purchases | The tech giant had been by far the nascent industry’s biggest customer. (heatmap.news)
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Microsoft made 90% of all carbon removal purchases worldwide last year, according to data from the third-party industry monitor CDR.fyi. The company is generally cited as making somewhere between 79% to 90% of all historic carbon removal purchases.

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[–] plz1@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Carbon Removal Purchases

I read that and immediately figured it was just corporate green-washing. Then read this on cdr.fyi , which basically confirms it.

2.7% of purchases have been delivered

I assume this "market" is just a way for corpos to get tax incentives, since the "demand" (purchases) will never, ever catch up with "supply" (actually removing carbon).

[–] Nighed@feddit.uk 1 points 1 day ago

At least it's measurable, unlike most carbon credit schemes.