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Do you have questions on the draft Soil Enrichment Protocol? Check out the Q&A from the draft Soil Enrichment Protocol Public Comment Webinar
Please join us for the first-ever NACW Virtual Series on Thursday, May 7 – Navigating the North American Carbon World . In this webinar, speakers will engage in discussion about climate action, inaction and goals across the North American continent.
Thank you for helping us achieve over 150 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions reductions!
The COVID-19 pandemic has drawn parallels to how we will address the climate crisis, and many of us have forged ahead in our work to prevent the worse climate change scenarios from becoming reality. Over the past several months, as the global community’s attention has been diverted to the health and wellbeing of our friends and family, the livelihood of our local communities, and economic recoveries, we’ve looked for some glimmer of hope and good news. We’re very excited to share with our community a dose of good news – together, we’ve achieved the milestone of over 150 million offset credits issued from the Climate Action Reserve!
For me, this milestone is symbolic and significant on many levels. It represents 150 million tonnes of CO2e that would have been emitted into or remained in the atmosphere. What does that mean? It’s the equivalent to 372,208,436,725 miles driven by an average passenger vehicle or charging 19,129,833,321,353 smartphones. It’s a significant amount, although, we recognize it is only a start and we still have much more work to do.
It also represents the power of what we can accomplish together. The Reserve was founded on the concept of collaboration among different sectors and we continue to support and uphold that belief in all of our work. Achieving over 150 million tonnes of emissions reduction and sequestration required the work, support and ideas of nonprofit organizations, companies in the private sector, academia and government. These groups have been involved with elements of our work in both the voluntary and compliance markets.
And it represents a level of success in our work to address climate change as an environmental nonprofit organization. The Reserve’s mission is “To develop, promote, and support innovative, credible market-based climate change solutions that benefit economies, ecosystems, and society.” I’m extremely proud to work alongside dedicated, passionate colleagues here at the Reserve and with an engaged Board of Directors to strive towards that mission. In a few years, we’ll be approaching the 15-year anniversary of the Reserve program, and I’m looking forward to seeing what we all accomplish together when we reach that milestone.
A big thank you to the project developers that helped make this achievement possible. It takes a lot of dedication and hard work to bring an offset project to fruition, and achieving this milestone couldn’t be possible without the support of:
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1st Climate Solutions DBA Brian R. Anderson Inc. 3Degrees Group, Inc ABEC Bidart-Old River LLC Advanced Disposal Services Maple Hill Landfill, LLC Advanced Disposal Services Morehead Landfill, Inc. Ag Methane Advisors, LLC Alberto Ramirez Alcoa Gas Producers, LLC Alma Land Company ALT Holdings, LLC ALVARO RENE RIVERA JARAMILLO AMC Maine Woods Initiative LLC American Municipal Power, Inc. Angelina County ASOCIACIÓN DE SILVICULTORES DE LA REGIÓN FORESTAL PACHUCA Y TULANCINGO, A.C. Aurora Ridge Dairy, LLC Barnabas Investment Group, LLC Bascom Pacific, LLC BFI Waste Systems of North America, LLC BFI Waste Systems of Oklahoma, LLC Bi-County Gas Producers, LLC Big Run Power Producers, LLC Bioforestal Innovación Sustentable S.C. Black Warrior Solid Waste Disposal Authority Blue Source, LLC Buncombe County Burns ODS, llc Butler County, Kansas CA Department of Parks and Recreation California Bioenergy, LLC California Timberlands 2 LLC Camco Offsets I, LLC Carbon Solutions Group, LLC Central Sanitary Landfill, Inc. CF Industries Nitrogen, LLC Citrus County Division of Solid Waste Management City of Arcata City of Lawton City of Superior City of Thomasville, Georgia City of Walla Walla Climate Trust Capital Fund I LP ClimeCo Corp MCK NAP2, LLC. ClimeCo Corporation coastal forest resources company Coastal Forestlands, LTD., a California Limited Partnership Coastal Ridges LLC Coffee County Commission Consejo Civil Mexicano para la Silvicultura Sostenible AC COOLGAS, INC. Corrigan TLP, LLC Covanta Semass, L.P. CP Energy Marketing (US) Inc CSE Operating I, LLC Cultivo Land PBC David Dicktel Downeast Lakes Land Trust DTE Biomass Energy, Inc. Dubuque Metropolitan Area Solid Waste Agency Ducks Unlimited, Inc. Duke University East Dubuque Nitrogen Fertilizers, LLC Ecofrigo EKO Green Carbon Fund, LP Element Markets Emissions, LLC Element Markets, LLC Energía Renovable de Cuautla S.A. de C.V. Exelon Generation Company, LLC Farm Power Northwest LLC Fiscalini Properties, L.P. Forest Carbon Partners, L.P. Fred M Van Eck Forest Foundation for Purdue University Gallo Cattle Company, a Limited Partnership Garland Power & Light Gaston County Solid Waste and Recycling Green Assets Inc. Grotegut Dairy Farm Inc GTR Solid Waste Management Authority Heartwood Forestland Fund IV Limited Partnership Holsum Dairies, LLC Hudson Technologies Company Indigo Ag INTEGRADORA DE COMUNIDADES INDIGENAS Y CAMPESINAS DE OAXACA AC INTELIMETER, S.A. DE C.V. Irony, LLC Jackson Timberland Opportunities-Champion, LLC Kent and Sorensen Overseas, SA de CV Kent County Department of Public Works Kimble Company LSB Industries, Inc. Luminus Energy Partners QP, LP Lyme Brimstone Timberlands LLC Lyme Great Lakes Timberlands LLC Lyme Mountaineer Forest Holdings LLC Lyme Mountaineer Timberlands II LLC |
Lyme Skyline Forest Company LLC Lyme Wisconsin Timberlands LLC Maas Energy Works, Inc. Mahoning Landfill, Inc. Mailliard Ranch, a California Limited Partnership Maple Leaf Dairy, Inc Mattamuskeet Ventures I, LLC Mendocino Redwood Company, LLC Michael A. Noles Middleton Place, LLC Municipio de Toluca/Dirección General de Medio Ambiente del H. Ayuntamiento de Toluca MWF Adirondacks, LLC National Audubon Society, Inc. NativeEnergy, a Public Benefit Corporation New England Forestry Foundation New River Resource Authority Nisqually Land Trust Norfolk Southern Railway Company Northeast Wilderness Trust Northwestern Landfill, Inc. OEKO Service Luxembourg (O.S.L) S.A. Offsetters Clean Technology Inc. Oneida Herkimer Solid Waste Authority OptimaBio, LLC Outlaw Hog Energy, LLC Pacific Gas & Electric Company Passamaquoddy Joint Tribal Council Peak Carbon LLC Peak Carbon Offset LLC Perfect Score Too, LTD Philip Verwey Farms Pivot Bio, Inc Pixley Biogas, LLC PLANALTO S.P.R. DE R.L. Potlatch Forest Holdings, Inc. Public Service Company of Colorado dba Xcel Energy Raleigh County Solid Waste Authority Reclamation Technologies Inc. Renewable Energy Services of Ohio, LLC RenewWest Republic Services of North Carolina, LLC RES Agriculture NC1, LLC Resource Management Service LLC Rips Redwoods, LLC Roeslein Alternative Energy of Missouri, LLC Roseburg LFG Energy, LLC Rowland Land Company Save the Redwoods League Scott Solid Waste Disposal Company Secretaría del Medio Ambiente / Fondo Ambiental para el Cambio Climático Sempervirens Fund SERVICIO Y CONSULTORIA AMBIENTAL Y FORESTAL, S. DE .R.L. DE C.V. Shannondale Carbon, LLC Sieben Live Stock Co Sierra Pacific Industries Smith Gardner, Inc. Solar & Renewables Management, LLC Soluciones Ambientales Yaax Solvay Chemicals, Inc. South Pole USA, Inc. Southern California Edison Southern Plains Land Trust Spatial Informatics Group, LLC Spokane Tribe of Indians Sustainable Energy Solutions LLC Sustainable Mountain Center, LLC Tangipahoa Parish Government Terra Nitrogen, Limited Partnership TerraStar Energy The Climate Trust The Conservation Fund The Nature Conservancy The Newhall Land and Farming Company, LLC The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The Walt Disney Company Three Rivers Solid Waste Management Authority Timber Ridge Landfill Company Timberline Energy, LLC TimberLink LLC TMF Biofuels, LLC Trinity Carbon Management LLC U-Haul International, Inc. U.S. Venture, Inc. Usal Redwood Forest Company, LLC VAN-ERK DAIRY LLC Vitol Inc. W. Brinkley Melvin Wasatch Integrated Waste Management District Washington Beef, LLC Waste Services of N. E. Mississippi, Inc. Weaver Cattle Co. WTE-Dairyland, LLC WTE-Dallmann, LLC WTE-Deer Run, LLC WTE-Wakker, LLC Yurok Tribe |
Please check out our infographic for a closer look at the Reserve’s 150 million offset credits:
https://www.climateactionreserve.org/blog/2020/05/01/a-closer-look-at-the-reserves-150-million-offset-credits/
A closer look at the Reserve’s 150 million offset credits
Please check out our blog post for our insights and thanks on reaching this milestone:
https://www.climateactionreserve.org/blog/2020/04/30/thank-you-for-helping-us-achieve-over-150-million-metric-tons-of-greenhouse-gas-emissions-reductions
We hosted a public comment webinar for the draft Soil Enrichment Protocol. Check out the webinar recording and presentation slides.
An Extraordinary Circumstances Request Form is now available for all project requests related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Projects seeking deadline extensions or variances for reasons directly related to the coronavirus must submit this request form to [email protected] prior to the original deadline.
The draft Soil Enrichment Protocol Version 1.0 is available for public review and comment. The protocol provides guidance to account for, report, and verify GHG emission reductions associated with projects that enhance soil carbon sequestration on agricultural lands through the adoption of sustainable agricultural land management activities.
Celebrate Earth Day 2020 while staying at home
Neighborhood or At-Home Activities
- Pick up litter in the neighborhood during a walk (using gloves and staying 6ft apart).
- Order delivery or pickup from a local ocean friendly restaurant (OFR). In doing so, you can support the strength and longevity of ocean friendly restaurants.
- If ordering delivery, request no utensils if you have the option.
- Buy local produce if possible. Many farmers markets are open during the COVID-19 pandemic, and buying their products could help keep the farmers afloat.
- Even when you’re home all day, think about turning off the lights or appliances when you’re not in the room. Continue to unplug outlets when not in use.
- Plant seeds or a tree! You can order potted trees online from the Arbor Day Foundation, or possibly your local nursery or local tree nonprofit. If you live in the City of Los Angeles, City Plants offers free trees for your yard or parkway.
- Build a birdhouse or a bird feeder out of recycled materials, such as an old cardboard box or milk jug
- Some tips for building a recycled birdhouse can be found here: https://www.lushome.com/15-smart-recycling-ideas-making-unique-birdhouses/141768
- Tips for building a recycled bird feeder can be found here: https://www.lifegate.com/people/lifestyle/bird-feeders-recycled-materials
- Recommendations from EarthDay.org themselves!
- Make a commitment to going plant-based, and composting. You can try some non-perishable foods, or plant-based recipes. Try to reduce food waste during this time, and trying composting any leftover foods.
- Try some at-home recipes for natural cleaning products. Nancy Birtwhistle (from the Great British Baking Show) and others have plenty of easy, eco-friendly at-home products you can make while staying at home.
- Have a garden? Try doing a garden exchange via Facbook or Nextdoor.
- You can exchange seeds, wood and dirt by leaving them on someone’s front doorstep, or setting up times to exchange them safely.
- Find more actions for the planet at
- Check out other key tips for being eco-friendly: https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/g19851547/earth-day-tips/
Online Support and Learning on Earth Day:
- Follow Earth Day events online, as they move digital
- Join CalRecycle to share tips on how you help the environment while staying at home. Do you recycle, compost, repurpose items, reuse bottles–or something else? Share a picture or video of what you do to help the earth using #HowISavethePlanet and #CalEarthDay50.
- Do one thing for the earth and post a photo or video for #OneThing4Earth video/photo challenge – New Hampshire’s Department of Environmental Services is encouraging people to record videos or take photos of themselves doing one thing that’s good for the earth in honor of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. The department commissioner shared a video of him adding materials to his compost pile, a very important activity that benefits our planet!
- World War Zero is hosting a series of virtual town halls on Monday, April 20 – Wednesday, April 22, which will feature celebrities, political leaders, activists, and scientists. The town halls will cover the solutions we can implement right now to save our planet and what America’s role should be in both the climate and coronavirus crises.
- The Nelson Institute is presenting a virtual Earth Day conference on Monday, April 20
- Post Carbon Institute’s online course Think Resilience is available for free until Earth Day! Throughout the 22 short video lectures, you’ll learn how we got to this perilous moment in history and how we can develop strategies for tackling the challenges we face.
- Coursera offers numerous free online courses on climate change topics, including: Global Warming I: The Science and Modeling of Climate Change offered by the University of Chicago; Act on Climate: Steps to Individual, Community, and Political Action offered by the University of Michigan; Global Energy and Climate Policy offered by SOAS University of London.
- PBS has compiled a list of 161 science documentaries you can watch right now, no membership required. The list features several environmental documentaries, including: Extreme Realities, hosted and narrated by Matt Damon, which investigates the link between extreme weather, climate change, and threats to our national security.
Games and Kid-Friendly Activities
- Take a virtual trip to an aquarium or national park. This is a great activity to do with restless kids. Choose a venue to e-visit, and have an informative discussion with your kids about conservation
- Visit the Georgia Aquarium: https://www.georgiaaquarium.org/webcam/beluga-whale-webcam/
- Watch the Cincinnati Zoo livestream: https://www.facebook.com/cincinnatizoo/
- Take a virtual trip to Yellowstone National Park, Acadia National Park and more:
- Follow some Bill Nye experiments on earth sciences: https://www.billnye.com/home-demos
- Play earth related board games with your family / roommates. Board games can be a great teaching tool reminding people of the importance of our planet and its resources. Some great games that highlight the climate and our environment are:
- Photosynthesis – a tree-planting strategy game where players take trees through the entire life-cycle, from seedling to full bloom to rebirth, and earn points as their leaves collect energy from the revolving sun’s rays.
- Planet – a unique strategy board game where players compete to create perfect worlds with the ideal conditions for wildlife to flourish. Each player’s board is a 12-sided 3-dimensional planet core and players select landscape tiles representing oceans, deserts, mountains or frozen lands, and arranges them on their planet to create the best ecosystems.
- Evolution: Climate – players adapt their species in a dynamic ecosystem where food is scarce, predators lurk, and the climate can swing between scorching hot and icy cold. Traits like a Hard Shell and Horns can protect your species from Carnivores while a Long Neck will help them get food that others cannot reach. With over 200,000 ways to evolve your species, every game evolves into a different adventure.
- Ecosystem – a science game in which players build ecosystems of wild animals (such as bears, rabbits, foxes, and eagles) and are rewarded for sustainability and diversity.
Happy Earth Day 2020!