CelloMom On CarsJul 10, 2023

"New report details how more “#ClimateWashing” lawsuits and complaints are being filed against corporations’ #greenwashing than ever before.

While the oil and gas industry touts its initiatives around CCS, hydrogen, biofuels, carbon offsets, and other purported climate “solutions,” studies have revealed the astounding gap between the sector’s climate-friendly rhetoric and its business-as-usual actions."

#ClimateLawsuit
https://www.desmog.com/2023/07/03/climate-washing-lawsuits-increase-big-oil-pr/

Litigation Over Misleading Climate Claims Has 'Exploded' Over the Past Few Years

Companies are increasingly facing legal action over their false or misleading climate communications, according to a new report examining trends in global climate litigation. That report, released late last week, highlighted a surge in litigation around climate-related greenwashing — what researchers have termed “climate-washing” — over the past few years. Out of 81 climate-washing cases […]

DeSmog
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“Reports like this make it harder for #PR and #advertising agencies to claim that they genuinely thought they were helping a #FossilFuel client decarbonize,” he told DeSmog, referring to the new World Benchmarking Alliance/CDP analysis. “I don’t think they ever were truly that naive, but now there’s really no excuse. If you’re marketing a Big Oil company as green, you’re lying, and you’re likely to be held accountable. It’s that black and white.”

#ClimateLawsuit
https://www.desmog.com/2023/07/03/climate-washing-lawsuits-increase-big-oil-pr/
Litigation Over Misleading Climate Claims Has 'Exploded' Over the Past Few Years

Companies are increasingly facing legal action over their false or misleading climate communications, according to a new report examining trends in global climate litigation. That report, released late last week, highlighted a surge in litigation around climate-related greenwashing — what researchers have termed “climate-washing” — over the past few years. Out of 81 climate-washing cases […]

DeSmog
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Show threadCelloMom On CarsJul 11, 2023

" Instead of warning the public or changing business models, the [#FossilFuel] companies operated decades-long #campaigns to #mislead people about the causes of science and #ClimateChange, the report said.

To see present-day iterations of these industry campaigns, #Canadians need only look around (if they can see through the smoke, that is). "

https://breachmedia.ca/2023-wildfire-smoke-canadian-oil-giants-deception/

While Canadians choke on toxins, Big Oil hides behind smoke and mirrors ⋆ The Breach

Scientists say the oil industry should be held responsible for wildfire-causing emissions—and for deceptive communications, too

The Breach