EQT Corp. 于 4 月 10 日表示，该公司正在推出其首个基于自然的碳抵消计划，该计划将覆盖西弗吉尼亚州奥格尔贝和其他地区超过 1,000 英亩的森林。

EQT 与惠灵公园委员会、土壤分析公司 Teralytic 和 Climate Smart Environmental Consulting LLC 合作实施可产生碳抵消的森林管理项目。惠灵公园拥有奥格尔湾。

EQT 表示，Teralytic 的土壤探针技术将确保偏移量的量化准确且透明。

该合作伙伴关系将实施美国农业部自然资源保护服务局 (NRCS) 制定的保护实践标准 (CPS)，并将与非营利组织 Verra 的指导方针保持一致，以确保有效的减排和清除。

殷拓表示，此次合作将补充其提供低成本、低碳、可靠能源的努力。EQT 表示，该计划将减少或消除大气中CO _{2的排放，以抵消其他运营排放，并推动 EQT 努力在 2025 年或之前实现范围 1 和范围 2 温室气体 (GHG) 净零排放。}

EQT 表示，结合该项目，它还与惠灵乡村日间学校 (Wheeling Country Day School) 合作试行一项教育学习计划，让学生通过每天 24 小时监测土壤健康状况的实时变化来了解土壤健康。

惠灵公园委员会主席兼首席执行官鲍勃·佩肯波 (Bob Peckenpaugh) 表示：“我们很高兴与 EQT 合作迈出第一步，作为森林改良和土壤健康的知识中心。” “我们已经为我们的社区服务了 100 年，为了让 Oglebay 能够再持续 100 年，我们对这个社区的人民和我们称之为家园的 2,000 英亩土地负有责任，清理、维护和改善我们的自然资源。”

EQT 表示，Teralytic 提供的土壤技术将根据经验测量项目对土壤健康的影响。Teralytic 的探头是自动化的，可以实时测量土壤碳、土壤湿度和其他重要的土壤养分。殷拓表示，该技术使该公司能够以比传统方法更低的成本产生更高质量的碳补偿。

EQT 企业风险执行副总裁 Rob Wingo 表示，该公司长期致力于减少运营排放，并且已经成为全球温室气体排放强度最低的公司之一。

Wingo 表示：“像这样的基于自然的项目得到了确保准确性和透明度的尖端技术的支持，将有助于抵消 EQT 的剩余排放量，并推进我们向世界提供更便宜、更可靠、更清洁的能源的使命。” 

EQT Corp. is introducing its first nature-based carbon offset initiative in projects that will span more than 1,000 acres of forest at Oglebay, West Virginia, and other areas, the company said on April 10.

EQT has partnered with Wheeling Park Commission, soil analytics company Teralytic and Climate Smart Environmental Consulting LLC to implement forest management projects that will generate carbon offsets. Wheeling Park owns Oglebay.

Teralytic's soil probe technology will ensure the quantification of the offset is accurate and transparent, EQT said.

The partnership will implement conservation practice standards (CPS) outlined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) and will align to nonprofit Verra’s guidelines to ensure emissions reductions and removals are effective.

EQT said the partnership will supplement its efforts to deliver low-cost, low-carbon, reliable energy. The initiative will reduce or remove emissions of CO₂ from the atmosphere to offset other operational emissions and advance EQT's efforts to reach net-zero Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions by or before 2025, EQT said.

In conjunction with the project, EQT said it also partnered with Wheeling Country Day School to pilot an educational learning program allowing students to learn about soil health by monitoring real-time changes in the health of the soil, 24 hours a day.

"We are excited to take this first step in a partnership with EQT as the center of knowledge for forest improvement and soil health," said Wheeling Park Commission President and CEO Bob Peckenpaugh. "We have served our community for 100 years, and for Oglebay to endure for another 100 years, we have a responsibility to the people of this community and the 2,000 acres we call home to clean up, maintain and improve our natural resources."

EQT said the soil technology provided by Teralytic will empirically measure the impact of the projects on soil health. Teralytic’s probes are automated and take real-time measurements of soil carbon, soil moisture and other vital soil nutrients. EQT said the technology allows the company to generate higher quality carbon offsets at a lower cost than traditional methods.

Rob Wingo, EQT’s executive vice president of corporate ventures, said the company has a long-standing commitment to reducing emissions from operations and already has some of the lowest GHG emissions intensities in the world.

"Nature-based projects like this, which are supported by cutting edge technology that ensures accuracy and transparency, will help offset EQT's remaining emissions and advance our mission to deliver cheaper, more reliable, cleaner energy to the world," Wingo said.