carbon credit

[ kahr-buhn kred-it ]

/ ˈkɑr bən ˌkrɛd ɪt /

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noun

a unit of one metric ton of carbon dioxide (or an equivalent mass of other atmospheric pollutants), as enumerated in the tradable permits that regulate atmospheric pollution in a cap-and-trade system: Companies can accumulate carbon credits by funding new forest growth.

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Origin of carbon credit

First recorded in 1990–95

Words nearby carbon credit

carbon bisulphide, carbon black, carbon brush, carbon capture, carbon copy, carbon credit, carbon cycle, Carbondale, carbon-date, carbon dating, carbon dioxide

How to use carbon credit in a sentence

We’ve also seen repeatedly that the systems humans create to incentivize tree planting or preservation often overcount carbon savings or provide carbon credits for forests that weren’t actually at risk of being cut down.
Carbon removal hype is becoming a dangerous distraction|James Temple|July 8, 2021|MIT Technology Review
That incremental carbon that you create through that project is something that you could monetize with the carbon credit.
Weyerhaeuser CEO Devin Stockfish on the Housing Boom, Inflation and Monetizing Forests in the Battle Against Climate Change|Eben Shapiro|June 22, 2021|Time
A portion of the carbon credits has been sold to California’s controversial offset market.
A ski company built a power plant fueled by methane. It’s a success, but can it be replicated?|Annie Gowen|May 28, 2021|Washington Post
Landowners can receive carbon credits, which they can sell, based on the difference between the amount of carbon stored in their land versus the regional average.
The California Air Resources Board Challenges Our Carbon Credits Investigations. We Respond.|by Lisa Song, ProPublica, and James Temple, MIT Technology Review|May 12, 2021|ProPublica

The Massachusetts Audubon Society, which sold carbon credits that were ultimately purchased by California polluters under the offset program, also issued a statement, available here.
The California Air Resources Board Challenges Our Carbon Credits Investigations. We Respond.|by Lisa Song, ProPublica, and James Temple, MIT Technology Review|May 12, 2021|ProPublica
But give the Kingdom credit for its sense of mercy: The lashes will be administered only 50 at a time.
In Defense of Blasphemy|Michael Tomasky|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
To his credit, Huckabee is conscious of the fact that he will need a cluster of deep-pocketed patrons and bundlers.
Can Huckabee Convert the GOP’s Moneymen?|Lloyd Green|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
To be sure, Jefferson did share the credit, but not in the way such a resolution might be interpreted.
Forget the Resolutions; Try a Few Declarations|Kevin Bleyer|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
That could include private financial or personal information—like the credit-card numbers you used to pay for the corrupted Wi-Fi.
How ‘Ethical’ Hotel Chain Marriott Gouges Guests in the Name of Wi-Fi Security|Kyle Chayka|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And much of the credit to her transformation is owed to a finishing school that caters to women just like her.
Inside A Finishing School for Transwomen|Sharon Adarlo|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After all, here was a babe equipped to face the exigencies of a censorious world; in looks and apparel a credit to any father.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
The result of the restoration of trade, banking, and credit to earlier and more normal conditions has been steadily apparent.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
He went to a bank in the little town where he had other friends from whom he had never asked credit.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
I must make no mistake, and blunder into a national type of features, all wrong; if I make your mask, it must do us credit.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
What are a few paltry, lumps of crystallised carbon compared to a galaxy of a million million suns?
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford

British Dictionary definitions for carbon credit

carbon credit

noun

a certificate showing that a government or company has paid to have a certain amount of carbon dioxide removed from the environment

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