environmentalleader.com - 1/5/2009
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American Public Media has put together a list of its “favorite greenwashes of 2008.”
Here’s a quick look:
Fiji Water
Last April, the company decided to disclose the carbon footprint of its products and joined the Carbon Disclosure Project Supply Chain Leadership ...
Combat Brigade Is Cut 6 Weeks Early in Iraq
washingtonpost.com 11/6/2008 — Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ...
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Environment
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Fiji and New Zealand engage in ‘Diplomatic Suicide'
globalvoicesonline.org 12/24/2008 — Tensions between Fiji and New Zealand boiled over Tuesday when both countries kicked out each other’s chief diplomats.
In a Tuesday afternoon press conference, Fiji’s Attorney General announced that ambassador Caroline McDonald would be expelled not because New Zealand refused to grant visas ...
Lessons From The Greenwash Police
ecopreneurist.com 12/18/2008 —
A few weeks ago I wrote about how the greenwash continues at Nestle Waters as their CEO Whines, But Still Doesn’t Walk The Walk . In a recent Businessweek article Kim Jeffery the CEO of Nestlé Water North America, whined about being misunderstood ...
Coal Front Group Sets Up Dirty ‘Blogger Brigade’ To Fight Reality
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org 12/23/2008 — The coal industry is attempting to organize bloggers to promote their false “clean coal” propaganda. The Reality Coalition, a group of national environmental organizations, have begun airing the message that “There’s no such ...
When “green” bloggers help greenwash
greenlagirl.com 7/27/2009 — What disturbs me even more than greenwashing: Self-described green bloggers who help corporations greenwash. It is, I fear, a growing trend. The latest example: Lighter Footprint .
Let me back up: Not too long ago, I posted about Sustainable ...
Ask Pablo: Is Bottled Water Really So Bad?
treehugger.com 1/27/2009 — Over the last few years journalists and commentators have denounced bottled water as an environmental evil. I can count myself as one of those after my article about the greenhouse gas emissions from producing and transporting one bottle of Fiji ...
Study: For Consumers, Green Is Greenwash
greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com 4/30/2009 — Companies have adopted green messaging as one of their primary tools to promote new products and services. A new study by the marketing company Havas warns that the strategy may be backfiring.
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