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The Restore the Earth Foundation is an official "carbon partner" of major agrichemical polluters such as [[DowDuPont]]<ref>https://restoretheearth.org/dowpartnership/</ref> and petroleum companies such as [[Chevron]]<ref>https://restoretheearth.org/2022/03/28/chevron-and-restore-the-earth-foundation-agree-to-collaborate-on-carbon-offsets-reforestation-project-in-louisiana/</ref>.

It has an especially close relationship with [[Shell Oil]] and its US solar platform, [[Shell Oil#Silicon_Ranch|Silicon Ranch]], as one of the two "validators" (along with the [[Savory Institute]]) of their "regenerative energy" greenwashing strategy through its EcoMetrics methodology.<ref>https://regenerativeenergy.org/people/</ref><ref>https://regenerativeenergy.org/solutions/ecometric/</ref>

The Foundation is also a partner of the [[USDA]]<ref>https://restoretheearth.org/2021/06/03/restore-the-earth-foundation-awarded-7-4-million-usda-grant-for-critical-pilot-project-in-north-americas-amazon-the-mississippi-river-basin/</ref> (including the FWS & NRCS) and corporations such as [[Coca-Cola]], [[Lyft]], and [[Timberland]].<ref>https://restoretheearth.org/</ref>

Restore the Earth Foundation was co-founded by Marvin G. Marshall and PJ Marshall, who "spent more than 40 years as a top strategic marketing consultant for leading professional services firms such as [[Bechtel Corporation]] (&) [[Halliburton]]."<ref>https://www.ecometricsllc.com/who-we-are/team/</ref>

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