Carbon Credits In the book, The New Economy of Nature, the authors Gretchen C. Daily and Katherine Ellison give a detailed history of the evolution of carbon credits in chapter 2 titled : How to Make Carbon Charismatic. David ... to sell its redwood forest: redwood trees are known to store more carbon, grow taller, and live longer than most other trees making it worth more credits. The competition between nations over carbon credits led to the term charismatic carbon. Farmers living in the United States were also trying to sell carbon credits because of the falling commodity prices which lef...

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