Ørsted bought carbon credits in fraudulent Russian project

Ørsted and seven other companies purchased CO2 compensation from projects in Russia, and researchers deem it fraud.
Photo: Jens Dresling/Ritzau Scanpix
Photo: Jens Dresling/Ritzau Scanpix
BY RITZAU

Eight Danish companies have contributed to climate change by purchasing CO2 compensation from scandalized chemical factories in Russia, according to a mapping performed by domestic newspaper Politiken of the companies' climate credit trading.

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