CRAPP from the oil & plastics industries

June 14, 2009 by shelter · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Ad Watch, Greenwashing, Spin and PR 

Not too far from some of the power company ads around here.

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Greenwashing gives canned-food cabal black eye

May 31, 2009 by shelter · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Greenwashing 

A canned-food industry cabal met secretly last week in an attempt to greenwash questions about a chemical used to line food and drink packages. But reporters at the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel got a hold of a memo on the meeting and instead gave the industry a black eye.

I’m not sure which is more embarrassing: the stupidity of getting caught, or being exposed for holding such a cynical, devious meeting. Richard Wiles of Environmental Working Group told reporters Susanne Rust and Meg Kissinger :

“I mean, it seems over the top, even by industry. I’m amazed in this day and age they’d write this stuff down.”

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