Greenwashing

Democrats lost control of the U.S. House of Representatives, ending a lengthy probe by the House Oversight Committee into the fossil fuel industry. But the inquiry uncovered extensive documentation that majors continue to mislead the public about their commitments to climate change.

False solutions to climate change promoted by the oil and gas industry feature heavily on this year’s agenda.

More than 230 advertising and public relations agencies are helping to greenwash the fossil fuels industry at the mounting expense of human health and the planet, a new report reveals.

Analysis carried out by independent thinktank InfluenceMap has found that there is a mismatch between major oil companies’ communication strategies to portray themselves as green and the companies’ plans for capital investment, which are still geared towards fossil fuel projects.

Gas utilities have positioned methane gas as a climate solution, but a new lawsuit alleges ‘greenwashing.’