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Tsunami of stupid

Rogue 9/11 ad isn’t from WWF—and its science is bogus 3
Posted 2 months, 2 weeks ago
An ad purportedly from World Wildlife Fund that features a slew of airplanes attacking New York a la 9/11 has stirred up some heated controversy. But WWF denounced the tasteless ad, saying it had nothing to do with it. And the ad doesn't make much sense anyway.
The opposite of progress is ...

Americans United praises Congress for passing ACES 0
Posted 4 months, 3 weeks ago
A new ad from Americans United for Change pats Congress onthe back for passing the Waxman-Markey climate and energy bill. Uh, er, could someone send them a Civics textbook? Only the House has acted; the Senate fight has barely begun.
This time, they can’t plead ignorance - only greed

Shame on the New York Times for running ExxonMobil’s greenwashing ad once again 0
Posted 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Frontpage Falsehoods

The New York Times sells its integrity to ExxonMobil 0
Posted 5 months ago
The NYT simply can't give up precious front page space for this kind of disinformation, which is utterly misleading to the public.
Get real

New Repower America ad aims to rally support for climate bill 0
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago
The Alliance for Climate Protection on Monday rolled out a new TV ad calling for a shift away from oil and toward a clean-energy economy. The ad will be airing nationally on cable channels just as the House is preparing to vote on the Waxman-Markey climate and energy bill; a floor vote could come as soon as next week.
Save us from our emissions

New religious coalition seeks climate ‘redemption’ via carbon plan 0
Posted 6 months, 2 weeks ago
"As our seas rise, crops wither, and rivers run dry, God’s creation cries out for relief," evangelical leader Joel Hunter says in a blitz of new radio ads intended to raise support for a climate bill.
Moving on up

Progressive coalition spends $250,000 on ads for a green energy bill 0
Posted 7 months ago
A coalition of labor, environmental, and progressive groups is putting up a quarter of a million dollars for a TV ad campaign promoting national clean-energy and climate legislation.
Ad hoch

Nearly $200 million spent on energy ads since Obama’s inauguration 7
Posted 7 months ago
Interest groups and corporations have spent $199.5 million on television ads on energy, the environment, and climate this year.
Blunt force

LCV targets GOP Rep. Roy Blunt of Missouri in new ad 1
Posted 7 months ago
The League of Conservation Voters is taking an early swing at Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) for not supporting climate and energy legislation – and they're taking a patriotic tack.
From ‘the wave’ to a groundswell

Enlisting sports fans in the green movement begins by understanding them 2
Posted 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Talk of “harnessing” the passion of sports showed up everywhere at the World Conference on Sport and the Environment, but one marketer moved past the cliché and made a case that athletes are in a great position to promote environmentally friendly behavior.
Ford starts marketing campaign to emphasize fuel economy in new hybrid 9
Posted 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Coen brothers shoot an ad busting the ‘clean coal’ myth 36
Posted 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Big Coal’s new campaign: choose us, not jobs and health 9
Posted 9 months ago
FCC and FTC need to hold ‘clean coal’ ads accountable to reality 3
Posted 9 months, 1 week ago
Scientists find source of gregarious behavior (in grasshoppers) 1
Posted 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Advertising Standards Authority in U.K. banned a Renewable Fuels Association ad 2
Posted 10 months ago
Reality Coalition releases new ad spoofing coal industry 2
Posted 11 months ago
ACCE pulls down clean coal carolers from its site 3
Posted 11 months, 1 week ago
Curt Ellis responds to the ads promoting corn syrup ... 2
Posted 11 months, 1 week ago
Shell greenwashes with a full-page WaPo ad 2
Posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago