Global Warming

More Global Warming Edits See Light of Day

by Diane Farsetta — March 20, 2007 - 5:03pm

The U.S.

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New York Times, March 20, 2007

Exxon Mobil Partnership Proves Costly for Stanford

by Diane Farsetta — March 12, 2007 - 10:02am

"Exxon Mobil has teamed up with Stanford University to find breakthrough technologies that deliver more energy while reducing greenhouse gas emissions," enthuses a TV commercial by the oil giant.

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Mercury News (San Jose, CA), March 11, 2007

David Outsmarts Mining Goliath

by Bob Burton — March 10, 2007 - 3:10am

A satirical ad the New South Wales Mining Council wants banned from the web

By invoking Australian copyright law, the New South Wales Minerals Council (NSWMC) twice succeeded in shutting down a website that sat

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Sydney Morning Herald, March 5, 2007

Coal Plant Pusher Gains Green Cred for Buyout

by Diane Farsetta — March 2, 2007 - 11:30am

"The biggest leveraged buyout in history was notable not only for its finances, but also for its unusual feature of having multiple PR firms advising both sides of the deal simultaneously," writes PR Week.

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PR Week (sub req'd), February 28, 2007

Coal Company Not So Happy with Environment Report

by Bob Burton — March 2, 2007 - 2:50am

A New Zealand government-owned coal mining company, Solid Energy, has lost a bid to suppress the publication of a spoof corporate social responsibility report b

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New Zealand Press Association, March 2, 2007

Carbon Offsets Challenged

by Bob Burton — February 28, 2007 - 6:06am

The marketing of carbon offsets as a 'solution' to global warming is attracting criticism.

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BBC News, February 21, 2007

GE Casts Diesel Cloud Over Own Green Marketing Campaign

by Jonathan Rosenblum — February 13, 2007 - 10:46am

General Electric's current "green" marketing campaign ads include a train engine "chugging through pristine rural settings

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The Wall Street Journal, February 13, 2007 (sub req'd)

Bush, ExxonMobil Finally Feeling the Heat

by Diane Farsetta — February 12, 2007 - 2:22pm

"In recent days, White House officials have made a special effort to argue that [President] Bush has always been concerned about climate change," reports the Los Angeles Times.

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Los Angeles Times, February 11, 2007

Deny Climate Change, Make a Cool $10,000

by Diane Farsetta — February 2, 2007 - 12:32pm

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The Guardian (UK), February 2, 2007

Censorship of Climate Scientists Heats Up

by Diane Farsetta — January 31, 2007 - 5:37pm

"Prompted by reports that [Bush] administration appointees, including a former oil industry lobbyist who was chief of staff at the [White House] Council on Environmental Quality, edited climate change reports or pressured scientists to tone down statements about the dangers of global warming," the U.S.

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Los Angeles Times, January 31, 2007