greenwashing

Gondola trips are a traditional part of visiting Venice for those who can afford the steep tourist prices, but I went a little off-script on a recent visit and chose a different, but equally iconic,…

The oil and gas industry has delivered $2.8bn (£2.3bn) a day in pure profit for the last 50 years, a new analysis has revealed. The vast total captured by petrostates and fossil fuel companies since…

Στην πρώτη προσφυγή εναντίον αεροπορικής εταιρείας για θέμα που αφορά την κλιματική αλλαγή, περιβαλλοντικές οργανώσεις κατέθεσαν μήνυση εναντίον της ολλανδικής KLM κατηγορώντας την για διαφημιστική…

Five months before a pivotal UN climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, one of Egypt’s most prominent political prisoners remains behind bars. Now on his 89th day of a hunger strike, Alaa Abd El Fattah is…

Big companies are misleading the public about their efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions and curb deadly climate change, campaigners and analysts say, flagging this "greenwashing" as a new…

In 2005, I was the lead counsel on behalf of the US in one of the biggest corporate accountability legal actions ever filed. That trial proved that the tobacco industry knew it was selling and…

The European parliament has backed plans to label gas and nuclear energy as “green”, rejecting appeals from prominent Ukrainians and climate activists that the proposals are a gift to Vladimir Putin…

Brussels, 6 July 2022 This is a very sad day for clear rules on financing under sustainability criteria. Nuclear and fossil gas lobby interests won over sound sustainability rules for green…

Those who are pushing the math to work on the back end by calling for mass carbon removal at the end of this century are also creating a novel anomaly. We see headlines about Stripe and its tech…

Η Ελλάδα ακολουθώντας το μεγαλύτερο μέρος των χωρών της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης διαμόρφωσε και ψήφισε προ λίγων ημερών τον πρώτο της εθνικό κλιματικό νόμο. Αξιοσημείωτο φυσικά για μια χώρα που είναι στις…

Coldplay have been branded “useful idiots for greenwashing” after announcing a partnership with the Finnish oil company Neste to halve their touring emissions last week.