Green Wash
This term was coined a while ago. James Martin in his recent book "The Meaning of the 21st Century" did a section on it. I like his explaination, so I quote it here.
"The world's multinational energy companies feel the need to tell the public how much they care about the environment. One of them invited me to visit its corporate headquaters in the Southern Hemisphere, which was hearalded as a green building. The building used only a few solar panels (its architect explained that it was cheaper to buy electricity from the electricity company), and it caught almost no rainwater. Both electricity and water in that region were artifically cheap, thanks to government subsidies. The profitable business decision was not to be ecologically correct. This is referred to as 'green wash' ".
This area highlights stories about our leaders and notables spinning us guff and green wash.
Please drop us an email or use the contact for is you know of any "green wash" stories you would like to share.
Britain has never concocted a crazier plan
From Christoper Bookers Notebook, Sunday Telegraph 16 December 2007
Last week, amid the clouds of self-righteous humbug billowing out from Bali, Gordon Brown committed us to what I do not hesit
Australian Wisdom
October 06, 2007 12:17am AEST
THE AUSTRALIAN
Business
When the wind doesn't blow, power doesn't flow even in Denmark
Ignore the hot air: in Australia, wind power is nothing more than an expensive vanity,
writes Terry McCrann
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