Friday, September 25, 2026

Tag: greenwashing

EU approves law to ban greenwashing on product labels

“This law cuts through the smoke of misleading green marketing, putting a leash on shady claims and boosting the credibility of sustainability labels.”

Revealed: Three-quarters of prestigious green advertising awards go to agencies working...

The majority of Ad Net Zero’s accolade-winners also represent major polluters.

More than half of world’s largest companies’ net zero pledges are...

Unmasking corporate climate pledges: a comprehensive study exposes prevalent greenwashing.

Can a greater focus on companies’ positive environmental policies impact greenwashing?

As more businesses commit to true climate change, those who practice greenwashing will be exposed and pushed out for more favorable options, discouraging the practice altogether.

UN group wants to make sure corporate net-zero pledges aren’t just...

"But we also urgently need every business, investor, city, state and region to walk the talk on their net-zero promises.”

New study confirms clean energy commitments from oil giants are nothing...

"Oil and gas companies talk like they care about the climate, but they keep drilling and polluting with complete disregard for the damage they cause."

The Greenwashing Files: Fossil fuel giants accused of ‘deceptive’ advertising

A major new catalogue of fossil fuel company adverts based on DeSmog’s research shows the gap between their public image and the reality of their operations.

Massachusetts sues ExxonMobil for climate disinformation, greenwashing

Their collective response to climate science? To emphasize uncertainty and keep fossil fuels flowing.

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The Charles R. Huntley Generating Station in Tonawanda, New York. Photo: Andre Carrotflower / CC BY-SA 4.0

EPA finalizes repeal of power plant carbon standards as environmental groups sue

The sector accounts for nearly one-quarter of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, and the agency separately proposed ending its authority to regulate them.
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building in Washington, D.C. Photo: Farragutful / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Democratic attorneys general say Education Department is hiding 1,300 documents on its layoffs

A privilege log lists nearly 1,300 records the agency says are too sensitive to hand over.
The lobby of the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago. Photo: Daderot (public domain)

7,000 Chicago hotel workers vote to authorize strike

A union survey found a third of members cannot cover rent or mortgage payments, and the last hotel strike in the city, in 2018, lasted about a month.
A patient exam room at a U.S. urgent care clinic. Photo: Harrison Keely / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Vance-led task force moves to strip 760,000 people of ACA coverage

Advocates say the crackdown follows 8 million coverage losses already tied to Trump-era health cuts.
Demonstrators protest ICE conduct in Minneapolis. Photo: Fibonacci Blue / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Federal judge blocks deportation of man shot by ICE during Austin delivery run

DHS and the man's attorney give conflicting accounts of the medical care he has received since.