Revealed: British Ad Giant’s Billion-Dollar Greenwash of U.S. Oil Industry

British #advertising conglomerate #WPP has helped oil companies #ExxonMobil, #Chevron, #Shell, and #BP spend an estimated $1 billion on ads in the #UnitedStates since the 2015 #ParisAgreement to tackle #ClimateChange, a new report shows.

“The UK prides itself on #climate leadership, and yet WPP, the supposed jewel of the British advertising industry, is facilitating dangerously misleading advertising in the U.S.,” said Victoria Harvey, holder of a PhD in the ad industry’s response to the #ClimateCrisis from the University of East Anglia, who reviewed #DeSmog’s methodology.

https://impakter.com/revealed-british-ad-giants-billion-dollar-greenwash-of-u-s-oil-industry/

Revealed: British ad firm’s billion-dollar greenwash of US oil industry

WPP’s agencies Ogilvy and Wavemaker have worked on US campaigns for BP and Chevron respectively, which received complaints of misleading advertising for taglines.

#greenwashing #ogilvy #wavemaker #wpp #oilindustry #shell #chevron #bp #exxonmobil

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/apr/30/revealed-british-ad-firm-billion-dollar-greenwash-of-us-oil-industry

#Ad Companies Settle With F.T.C. Over Claims of Harm to #Conservative Sites

#WPP , #Dentsu and #Publicis settled claims they colluded on policies to combat #misinformation , denying ad revenue to publishers on the #right.
#maga

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/technology/ftc-ad-companies-settlement.html

Oh Look, The MAGA FTC Built The Censorship Industrial Complex It Was Screaming About

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/16/oh-look-the-maga-ftc-built-the-censorship-industrial-complex-it-was-screaming-about/