Daily Downers: Greenwashing gets smarter, sorta
Bad news is funnier read all in a row --
>> Shell ad brags about its CO2 emissions -- because it can be used to grow flowers. Britain shut down the ad, saying that the claim is "likely to mislead readers." (via Grist)
>> Fiji brags it'll go carbon-negative -- not by quitting the whole practice of burning lots of fuel to ship water all over the place while getting people to pay for water they can get for near-free from the tap, but by getting some green energy, conserving some water, and -- you guessed it -- buying carbon offsets.
>> “More than half the people in Fiji do not have safe, reliable drinking water. Which means it is easier for the typical American in Beverly Hills or Baltimore to get a drink of safe, pure, refreshing Fiji water than it is for most people in Fiji.”
>> Shipping pollution kills 60,000 every year. Not depressed yet? Then let me add that "unless action is taken quickly to address the problem -– such as by switching to cleaner fuels -– the death toll will climb, researchers warn." Gloomy.
