youtube.com - 12/27/2008
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December 22, 2008 - time to announce the winner of the first annual Greenpeace 'Emerald paintbrush' award for greenwashing above and beyond the call of duty....
greenpeace.org.uk - 12/22/2008
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greenpeace.org.uk —
BP - energy mix or PR fix? The
tension built as the judges deliberated. Then at last...
the results were were all in and - ta-da! It was time to announce the winner of the first annual Greenpeace 'Emerald Paintbrush' award for greenwashing above and ...
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BP wins coveted 'Emerald Paintbrush' award for ...
treehugger.com - 12/30/2008
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treehugger.com —
It’s Jackass meets environmental activism! Okay, so maybe
it's a little heavier on the Jackass side. Earlier...
this week, dinner jacket-clad Greenpeace representatives entered the BP headquarters in London and staged an impromptu award ceremony. ...
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Greenpeace Stages Greenwashing Award Ceremony in BP ...
greenpeace.org - 12/29/2008
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A 2002 report found that Tennessee’s Kingston Fossil
Plant, the site of the December 22nd coal sludge...
spilled, has had persistent problems with public health. The report, written by Abt Associates for the Environmental Integrity Project and ...
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Tennesse Coal Plant Kills 140+ per year
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Greenpeace Stages Greenwashing Award Ceremony in BP Headquarters Lobby (Video)
TreeHugger —
It’s Jackass meets environmental activism! Okay, so maybe it's a little heavier on the Jackass side. Earlier this week, dinner jacket-clad Greenpeace representatives entered the BP headquarters in London and staged an impromptu award ceremony. They attempted to present the oil company with an “ ...
Greenpeace Awards BP with ‘Emerald Paintbrush’ for Worst Greenwashing of 2008
EarthFirst.com —
‘Beyond Petroleum’. That was the slogan for BP’s ad campaign that sought to convince us that they’re a green company, investing in renewables and turning toward a clean energy future. Of course, they weren’t fooling anyone who knew better – BP was dropping mere pennies into renewable energy while continuing to make billions of dollars in profits off fossil fuels.
That’s how they managed to earn Greenpeace’s ‘Emerald Paintbrush’, awarded in a humorous ceremony at BP’s headquarters in London.
From Treehugger:
Greenpeace evidently chose BP as ...
Greenpeace Awards "Emerald Paintbrush" To BP for Outstanding Greenwashing in 2008
Green Daily —
Filed under: Activism, Alternative Energy Hey, PETA, take note: this is the kind of activism people can get behind -- humorous sarcasm with English accents. Treehugger shared this hysterical video of Greenpeace activists trying to present global energy giant BP with the first annual "Emerald Paintbrush" award. BP earned this highest of greenwashing honors with a multi-million dollar ad campaign that waxed euphoric over the potential for alternative fuels to save the world. The company then turned around and spent 93% of their operating budget on finding and extracting ...
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