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Germany's Ecosia proposes stewardship to run Google Chrome

My worry is that anyone but Google will run it into the ground and the web platform will actually be dead at that point.

19 hours agobn-l

>Ecosia plans to reinvest part of Chrome's profits in climate action under Ecosia’s governance

"Please let us route Chrome's money into our friends' scam projects". Yeah, don't see that happening.

16 hours agomoralestapia

can you provide some sources on this insinuation?

11 hours agoGuinansEyebrows

Sure,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantria_Corporation_Ponzi_sche...

https://energytracker.asia/are-carbon-offsets-a-scam/

https://grain.org/en/article/7071

https://infoamazonia.org/en/2024/05/21/top-brands-buy-amazon...

https://www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-change/discredited-ag...

https://www.greenpeace.org/eastasia/blog/7910/shells-scandal...

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/10/23/the-great-cash...

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/19/energ...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/25/courts-c...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2024/brazil...

https://www.wsj.com/articles/former-executives-of-carbon-cre...

That enough?

11 hours agomoralestapia

i got through about half the list before i realized that these are all just general articles against carbon offsets (which, i think, in general, are very stupid compared to regulating energy usage). i thought you had a specific point about the behavior of Ecosia and i was curious because i've applied there in the past and find it an interesting company (planting trees is... good? usually? if done right?).