‘They Are Lying To You’: Sean Casten Explains How Fossil Fuel Dependency Hurts Americans

Forbes Breaking News – Mar 17, 2022

Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL) speaks on the House floor about Russia and fossil fuels.

U.S. pledges more support and investment at summit of African nations

PBS NewsHourDec 15, 2022

A three-day summit that included the leaders of 49 nations on the African continent concluded Thursday in Washington. It was the first such gathering in eight years and included pledges of significant new involvement by the United States. White House Correspondent Laura Barrón-López reports.

Climate Change: What is greenwashing? | Newsround

BBC Newsround – Nov 12, 2021

What is greenwashing?

Greenwashing is a type of marketing. It is a way to make products more appealing to customers who care about the environment.

When companies do things that are harmful to the environment while saying they care about climate change, this is called ‘greenwashing’.

The International Consumer Protection Enforcement Network recently analysed 500 websites and found that up to 40% of environmentally friendly claims might be misleading customers.

This means that greenwashing is a common issue, but how do you spot it in the first place?

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The meat industry’s greenwashing scam has dangerous consequences

Greenpeace International – Nov 6, 2021

Offsetting and net zero scams are the new climate denial… and it has dangerous consequences.

Corporations like global industrial meat giant JBS get away with polluting, thanks to net zero” marketing scams. But JBS isn’t tackling the main source of its climate impact: methane from cattle. Their “Net Zero” plan also allows them to profit from the destruction of the Amazon and other habitats for years to come, fueling the climate and biodiversity crises.

To avoid an extreme climate emergency we need to halve global emissions in the next 10yrs. We need fast emissions cuts. We need #realzero.

What is real zero? Real zero = Net zero – offsetting

We need to stop climate pollution, as it happens, at its source. No delays that cover-up polluting business as usual.

At #COP26, governments must deliver REAL climate action to cut emissions and protect nature.

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Uncover the greenwash scams of the global oil industry

Greenpeace International – Nov 8, 2021

Offsetting scams are the new climate denial… and it has dangerous consequences.

French oil giant Total claims they’re committed to a clean energy future, but they are trying to drill for oil in a pristine forest in the Republic of Congo – home to many indigenous communities, as well as critically endangered species such as lowland gorillas.

To avoid an extreme climate emergency we need to halve global emissions in the next 10 years. We need fast emissions cuts. We need #realzero.

We need to stop climate pollution, as it happens, at its source. Not delays that cover-up polluting business as usual. At #COP26, governments must deliver REAL climate action to phase out fossil fuels and protect nature.

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Sheldon Whitehouse on Greenwashing and Fossil Fuel Industry

NowThis Earth – May 14, 2021

‘Even if you don’t know the term, you’ve probably seen it in action’ — Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse explains what you need to know about greenwashing and the fossil fuel industry, and why it’s ‘all talk, no action.’

Greenwashing: Big Oil’s Climate Lies – In Three Charts

Dragon Data\ – Mar 6, 2022

We’ll never reach the world’s net-zero emission goal by 2050 unless the world’s largest oil companies transition to clean energy. And they’re spending a lot of money trying to convince us that that’s exactly what they’re doing. But here, in three charts, we’ll show you how they’re engaged in greenwashing: trying to fool us into thinking they’re part of the solution, while in fact they continue to be at the very heart of the problem. GREENWASHING is a form of marketing spin in which green PR and green marketing are deceptively used to persuade the public that an organization’s products, aims and policies are environmentally friendly.

SOURCES:

Bloomberg. The High Price of Greenwashing. February 2020. https://www.bloombergquint.com/busine…

Climate Accountability Institute. https://climateaccountability.org Mei Li, Gregory Trencher, and Jusen Asuka. “The clean energy claims of BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell: A mismatch between discourse, actions and investments.” PloS one 17.2 (2022).

Mei Li, Gregory Trencher, and Jusen Asuka. “The clean energy claims of BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell:

A mismatch between discourse, actions and investments.” PloS one 17.2 (2022). https://journals.plos.org/plosone/art…

The Guardian, Revealed: the 20 firms behind a third of all carbon emissions. October 2019. https://www.theguardian.com/environme…

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Bill Gates: How to fund the green revolution

The Economist – Jan 1, 2021

Bill Gates outlines his vision for a global green revolution. He tells Zanny Minton Beddoes, our editor-in-chief, how renewable energy is merely the first step in combatting climate change.
00:00 – How to fund a green economy
00:38 – Lessons from the pandemic
01:52 – Behaviour change v innovation in technology
03:36 – Most promising renewable technologies

04:31 – Private sector investment in green technology
06:30 – How essential are carbon prices?
07:50 – Net-zero emissions targets for businesses
09:39 – America’s role in climate-change action
12:40 – What are the odds for success of green innovation?

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How can business survive climate change?

The Economist – Jan 13, 2021

Climate change is about to upend the corporate world through weather-related disasters, regulation and lawsuits. Can businesses react and adapt in time? Read more here: https://econ.st/3slTXIE.

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We Debunk the Latest Corporate Climate Lie | NYT Opinion

The New York Times – Jul 14, 2022

Finally, corporations are jumping into action on climate change — or at least that’s what they’d like us to believe. Many of the world’s biggest and most polluting companies have recently promised to curb their carbon output, by reaching net-zero emissions in the next few decades. These sweeping pledges conjure a world where we can have it all: economic growth and global trade — without the global warming that usually comes with that. While saving the planet demands an approach more ambitious than incremental change, these corporate fantasies of the future just don’t stand up to scrutiny. In a new @nytopinon video, we expose three major flaws in net-zero pledges that make them a dangerous distraction from the crisis at hand.