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Exxon’s Corruption of the Classroom

14 Comments Published by Andy Rowell November 28th, 2006 in Big Oil Profits, Oil, greenwashing

Laurie David, a producer of Al Gore’s film An Inconvenient Truth, has written a great article buried deep on the Washington Post website about the influence of Big Oil in American schools.
Writes David: “At hundreds of screenings this year of An Inconvenient Truth, the first thing many viewers said after the lights came up was […]

Chevron Wins Greenwash Award

1 Comment Published by Andy Rowell October 6th, 2006 in Oil, greenwashing

Got nothing better to do this evening? Well why not hop along to Chevron’s Annual Conservation Awards.
Amazon Watch, Amnesty International USA, San Ramon Cares about Ecuador, FACES, West County Toxics Coalition, and the Californians for Clean Energy/Yes on 87 are looking for people to join them this evening at 5:00pm on the sidewalk outside of […]

Shell: Hypocrite of the Year

0 Comments Published by Andy Rowell October 4th, 2006 in African Oil, Oil, Public Relations, greenwashing

Following on from the last blog – Shell has been an integral part of the conflict in Nigeria for nearly fifty years. It’s record of environmental pollution and complicity in human rights abuses is well documented. However the company continues to try and greenwash it activities.
That is one reason why campaigners are highlighting the hypocrisy […]