Carbon offset programs of companies like Microsoft, BP go up in smoke as wildfires decimate forests

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Carbon offset programs of companies like Microsoft, BP go up in smoke as wildfires decimate forests
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‘We’ve bought forest offsets that are now burning,’ says Microsoft’s carbon program manager

offset programs impacted by the fires in California, Oregon and Washington. The Bootleg Fire in Oregon and the Colville Indian Reservation blaze in Washington have been particularly damaging.

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