Environment

Global Warming is STILL Good for You!

by John Stauber — August 9, 2007 - 7:35am

Five years ago in their book "Trust Us We're Experts," CMD's Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber exposed the propaganda machine selling Americans the idea that global warming is good for us.

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Newsweek, August 13, 2007

Beverage Industry Tries to Bottle the Opposition

by Diane Farsetta — August 6, 2007 - 3:59pm

With increasing criticism that "bottled water has misleading labels and is of inferior quality to municipal water systems," and the governments of San Francisco and Salt Lake City prohibiting city agencies from buying bottled water, the International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) and the American Beverage Association (ABA) have ramped up their PR.

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PR Week, August 6, 2007

Grrrrrreenwash

by Bob Burton — August 6, 2007 - 5:26am

The New South Wales Greens have complained to the Australian corporate regulator that Saab's "Grrrrrreen" advertising campaign makes deceptive claims and is greenwashing.

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Sydney Morning Herald, August 2, 2007

Solid Spoof

by Bob Burton — July 30, 2007 - 1:06am

The New Zealand Government-owned coal mining company, Solid Energy, has had only a limited win with the legal action it launched over a spoof corporate social responsibility

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New Zealand Press Association, July 25, 2007

Logging Lobbyist Joins Politicians Pulp Mills Tour

by Bob Burton — July 25, 2007 - 4:42am

A lobbyist for the Australian forestry company Gunns will travel with a delegation of Tasmanian politicians visiting pulp mills in Brazil, Chile and Finland.

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The Mercury (Australia), July 25, 2007

Pulling the Charity Lever

by Bob Burton — July 15, 2007 - 6:41am

A six-all vote by Launceston City Council on a motion expressing opposition to a proposed pulp mill has irked Gunns, the Tasmanian logging company pushing the project.

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The Mercury (Australia), July 14, 2007

The Great Global Sceptic Swindle

by Bob Burton — July 15, 2007 - 3:38am

Martin Durkin, the director of the global warming sceptic film, The Great Global Warming Swindle, concedes that a graph he used of temperatures over the last thousand years ignores data from the last twenty years. In Durkin's film the endpoint of the graph, produced by a British academic back in the 1980's, is labelled "now".

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Reuters, July 13, 2007

Green as in Money

by John Stauber — July 9, 2007 - 7:32pm

The UK Telegraph notes that "it is not just politicians and rock stars who are trying to persuade people to reduce their carbon footprint. Banks, lenders and fund managers are dreaming up ethical options for environmentally aware customers. ... The question is whether these products really make a difference, or whether it is simply a case of providers jumping on the green bandwagon. ...

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The Telegraph, July 9, 2007

Stauber 'On The Media' & Greenwashing

by John Stauber — July 6, 2007 - 4:04pm

CMD's John Stauber is a guest this week on National Public Radio's nationally syndicated On The Media program. You can listen online by clicking here.

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NPR's On The Media, July 6, 2007

BP Loses Australian Bid to Trademark Green

by Bob Burton — June 20, 2007 - 3:13am

The High Court of Australia has dismissed a bid by BP to have the green Pantone colour 348C used in its logo registered as its trademark. BP's barrister, David Shavin, requested leave to appeal the lower court's decision that the company can't trademark the colour.

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Australian Financial Review, June 15, 2007
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