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Lessons From The Greenwash Police
Lessons From The Greenwash Police
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 and not being given the credit they deserve. ...
Those Kingsnorth police injuries in full: six insect bites and a toothache
guardian.co.uk — When climate camp protesters descended on the site of the Kingsnorth power station for a week-long summer... demonstration, the scale of the police operation to cope with them was enormous. Police were accused of using aggressive tactics, confiscating ... (more) Those Kingsnorth police injuries in full: six insect ...
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