Greenwashing

General Electric fights for change from the inside … of a coal industry front group! 0
Posted 2 months, 1 week ago
You can’t fight for change from inside an organization dedicated to stopping change, like, say, the scandal-ridden front group American Coalition for Clean Coal Energy.
You're not from around here, are you?

‘Localwashing’ in pictures—bogus marketing at its finest 32
Posted 2 months, 2 weeks ago
"Local" is hot, so big businesses are muscling into the game. Citgo, Wal-Mart, Barnes & Noble, and Starbucks are just a few of the giants caught "localwashing."
How much is that brainwashing in the window?

Our addiction to cheap stuff has become very expensive, new book argues 24
Posted 3 months ago
Ellen Ruppel Shell, author of Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture, explains the history, psychology, and dangers of the American romance with bargain hunting.
Earth and Sky and Shell Oil

A clear voice for science? 2
Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago
I really like Earth and Sky's podcast, just not the part about it being a mouthpiece for Shell Oil lately. Sad but true. I've been listening to it for half a year on my device, and it seems like nearly once a week, this daily 2 minute podcast interviews a Shell scientist about how global warming is real and action must be taken.
Just Tell the Truth

The eternal durability of greenwash 5
Posted 3 months, 4 weeks ago
Businesses have nothing to lose by being brutally honest about their environmental successes and failures.
Radiant Cities: LEEDwashing

Are developers making mis-LEED-ing claims? 8
Posted 4 months, 3 weeks ago
It seems more and more buildings boast LEED credentials these days -- but are they legit? Find out where and why the best known green-building certification term in the land is being excessively bandied about.
Generation Next

Former PepsiCo exec to take helm at Seventh Generation 3
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago
Seventh Generation's Jeffrey Hollender has decided to step down from his role as CEO of the natural-products company, leaving Chuck Maniscalco, a former executive at PepsiCo, to take his place. What do the incoming and outgoing CEOs have to say about maintaining the company's commitment to sustainability?
America's other first family

Lessons in fast-food greenwashing from The Simpsons 1
Posted 6 months ago
Sunday's episode of the Simpsons begins with a wickedly good greenwashing story.
Greenwash cycle

Earth Day gets no respect 5
Posted 7 months ago
Grist hates Earth Day because it thinks every day should be Earth Day. I’ve got a different grievance, however. There’s no @#$&ing enforcement with Earth Day. Anyone can claim anything on Earth Day.
It's not easy being, um, corporate

‘Getting Green Done’ speaks hard truths about sustainable business 6
Posted 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Corporate sustainability guru Auden Schendler lays out the problem with corporate sustainability gurus in his new book "Getting Green Done."
Press release fun 0
Posted 8 months ago
Chicago shocker

Chicago tries to meet 20% renewables commitment with 20-year-old rip-offsets 0
Posted 8 months ago
At one time, Chicago was a serious contender for America's greenest big city. Now they appear to be mostly contending for biggest greenwasher.
Underwriters Laboratories launches eco-branch 2
Posted 9 months, 4 weeks ago
New fact sheet greenwashes Bushes record on energy and climate 0
Posted 11 months, 1 week ago
ACCE pulls down clean coal carolers from its site 3
Posted 11 months, 1 week ago
Shell greenwashes with a full-page WaPo ad 2
Posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago
How my intern stood up to Big Auto 13
Posted 12 months ago
LCV calls out Chevron hypocrisy 3
Posted 12 months ago
Corporate foot soldiers fired up to kick environmental butt 17
Posted 1 year ago
Nothing to Truffle With

Biz aims to offset habitat impact by boosting biodiversity elsewhere 2
Posted 1 year, 1 month ago