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For all the policy failures of COP26 it may actually be an inflection point in history. — A point where social and political conditions force a transformation of consciousness and politics that can usher in epochal change. COP 26 reaffirmed what has been obvious from the beginning: the Northern colonial and capitalist states most responsible […]
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Two Thirds Of Online Posts From Fossil Fuel Companies ‘Greenwashing’
October 6th, 2021 
Awake Goy Above Photo: New research shows fossil fuel companies are overwhelmingly promoting their green efforts online. DeSmog. One expert called it a “systematic deceptive marketing campaign designed to interfere with the solution that is necessary to respond to the climate emergency: stopping fossil fuel production.” Nearly two thirds of social media posts put out by six […]
Greenwashing the Tokyo Olympic Games
July 24th, 2021 Awake Goy “The gap between rhetoric and reality is a persistent one when looking at the sustainability of commitments of Olympic Games hosts”. Martin Müller, European Urban and Regional Studies, 2015 The organisers of the Olympics have always been into appearances and grand theatre. And the International Olympic Committee has always been keen in keeping them up, […]
Greenwashing The US military, Julian Assange, RIP Kevin Zeese
September 22nd, 2020 Awake Goy The weather is getting more extreme by the year and conversations about climate change are growing along with it. So when Michael Moore made the movie ‘Planet of the Humans’, criticizing the corporate co-optation of the green movement, he came under attack from well-connected activists. Lee Camp reports on how Bill McKibben, one of the […]
Nestlé’s Plastic Initiative Called ‘Greenwashing’ by Greenpeace
April 11th, 2018 Awake Goy The environmental impact of the world’s plastic consumption is profound. Plastic trash and the tiny pieces that chip off it can be found everywhere—oceans, marine life, land and our bodies, too. To help solve this planetary crisis, Nestlé pledged Tuesday to make all its plastic packaging 100 percent recyclable or reusable by 2025. The Swiss food giant envisions a world where “none of […]
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