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#greenwashing

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Colin Purrington

Beware of "compostable" products that aren't actually compostable at home. In digging through my compost pile this week I unearthed 3 forks (from takeout food I purchased several years ago) that I think were made by the California-based company, Karat Earth (aka Lollicup). On Amazon and elsewhere the sentence the company uses in marketing is "simply toss the fork into a compost bin when finished." And the forks themselves have the text, "compostable" embossed on them. On company's own website, however, is a logo from the Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI) indicating, in a small font, that forks are "commercially compostable only," which means they only begin to break down at ~190 °F (88 °C). Somebody needs to file a class-action lawsuit to force greater transparency on marketing materials. #compost #composting #fork #takeout #food #psa #plastic #restaurants #greenwashing #polymer #corn #bioplastic

Three dirty white plastic forks, one with a tine missing, on wet soil near the blade of a shovel.
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Jörg Honegger :swisssocial: 🇺🇦

Von #direkt #direktMagazin

#Greenwashing bei der #ZKB: Wie die Bank die #Klimakrise verschärft

Die Zürcher #Kantonalbank wirbt mit nachhaltigen #Anlageprodukte'n. Doch unter dem Label «#Responsible» – auf Deutsch verantwortungsvoll – betreibt die Bank Greenwashing. Sie finanziert den Konzern #TotalEnergies, der zurzeit eine neue #Ölpipeline in #Ostafrika von #Uganda nach #Tansania baut und dabei ein #Naturschutzgebiet zerstört.

#ESG #Finanzprodukte #Nachhaltigkeit

direkt-magazin.ch/featured/kma

direkt · Zürcher Kantonalbank wirbt mit «Responsible» – und finanziert ÖlprojekteDie Zürcher Kantonalbank wirbt mit nachhaltigen Anlageprodukten. Doch unter dem Label «Responsible» – auf Deutsch verantwortungsvoll – betreibt die Bank Greenwashing. Sie finanziert den Konzern TotalEnergies, der zurzeit eine neue Ölpipeline in Ostafrika von Uganda nach Tansania baut und dabei ein Naturschutzgebiet zerstört.
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Saupreiss #Präparat500

Wie rührend! Der Urin der Läufer des #LondonMarathon wird als Dünger verwendet und schafft 3000 Brote.

Erwähnen sollte man, dass ein Großteil der 56.000 Laufenden und der wohl 800.000 Besuchenden mit dem Flugzeug anreisen wird.

Da ist das bisschen #Greenwashing ein Tropfen auf den heißen Stein.

Derartige Großevents sind nie nachhaltig möglich und aus der Zeit gefallen.

goodnewsnetwork.org/pee-from-r

Good News Network · Pee From Runners at the London Marathon is Going to Be Turned into Fertilizer for WheatStricken by jitters and filled up with water for a long race, thousands of runners run to the toilets long before the marathon begins.
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DoomsdaysCW

So, I totally get "#greenwashing." But I also believe there ARE solutions to some of our problems out there. I've gathered up some hopeful articles about technology that's in use, or on the horizon, that could help solve some of our problems. I know I said I might not do much for this week's #SolarPunkSunday, but that has changed. Some of this stuff is too good NOT to share. Seriously! And we need real hope, not just hype!

#HopePunk#Resistance#Resilience
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Matthew Rimmer

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has been asked to investigate allegedly misleading claims made by Australians for Natural Gas theguardian.com/environment/20 Kirsty Ruddock, the managing lawyer of the corporate and commercial team at the Environmental Defenders Office, which drafted the letter, said the ACCC had identified misleading claims about energy and greenwashing among its compliance and enforcement priorities for 2025-26.

“We’d like them to investigate so they can determine whether there are breaches of the Australian consumer law, and ensure that companies that are making these types of statements are held to account.

“The longer these representations go on, the more impact they have. So it’s important to address them relatively quickly, and make sure that the regulators are looking at it.” #greenwashing #auslaw #auspol

The Guardian · Pro-gas group with link to Liberal party referred to ACCC over alleged misleading claimsBy Petra Stock
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Matthew Rimmer

World-first law banning fossil fuel ads survives Dutch legal challenge
clientearth.org/latest/press-o

ClientEarth lawyer Jonathan White said:

“By introducing and successfully defending their high-carbon ad ban, The Hague has taken a bold step in the right direction when it comes to climate action.

“As we saw decades ago with tobacco products, banning the advertising of a harmful product is a critical step in reducing its use.

“Just like the tobacco ban, fossil fuel advertising restrictions comply with EU law – as it is clearly in the public interest for cities and states to address the climate crisis.

“Cities the world over would be wise to follow The Hague’s lead and introduce a similar law to help usher in an era of depleting dependence on fossil fuels – and feel confident with the wind of this judgment behind them.” #climate #greenwashing #fossiladban #netherlands

www.clientearth.orgMEDIA REACTION: World-first law banning fossil fuel ads survives Dutch legal challenge | ClientEarthA Dutch city has successfully defended its landmark law to ban fossil fuel advertising –setting a precedent for cities across Europe in the process.   
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DoomsdaysCW

#Kerala fishermen up in arms against #DeepSeaMining proposal off #Kollam coast

March 22, 2025

"The fishermen in Kerala have already launched several protests against the proposed plan to open up the sea to private mining companies as part of the Union Government’s ‘Blue Economy’ initiative.

"All the fishermen’s associations stand united in their protests against this proposal, alleging that it would bring an end to the fisheries sector in the country, not only in the #ArabianSea but also in the #BayOfBengal.

“ 'The mining, according to the scientific report we have, can disturb the seabed and completely destroy fish spawning habitats. It can also release poisonous gases trapped on the #DeepSeaFloor, causing severe #environmental issues,' Kerala Minister for Fisheries, Saji Cherian, told PTI.

"He said that deep-sea mining requires huge investments and heavy machinery, meaning only #multinational #corporations will be involved, making these areas completely inaccessible to poor fishermen.

"The Kerala government, which is strongly opposing this project, passed a resolution in the Assembly urging the Centre to withdraw it.

"The Minister said the proposed site, off the Kollam shore in Kerala in the Arabian Sea, is very rich in marine resources and serves as a lifeline for fishermen from Kerala and other states.

“ 'We have a highly diverse and extensive fish population in this area. The mining will completely wipe out this habitat, severely affecting the livelihood of fishermen in our region,' Saji Cherian said."

Read more:
msn.com/en-in/money/economy/ke

#NoJobsOnADeadPlanet #OceansAreLife #MarineLife #DeepSeaMining #NoDeepSeaMining #DarkOxygen #LifeOnEarth #Extinction #Nodules #Greenwashing #CorporateColonialism #CorporatePolluters
#BatteryAlternatives #NoCobaltMining #RecycleCopper #RecycleCobalt #RecycleZinc #Recycle! #Ecocide #PlanetDestroyers #HumanGreed

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DoomsdaysCW

#NPR: The U.S. takes a step toward allowing #mining on the ocean floor, a fragile #ecosystem

by Julia Simon, April 25, 2025

"President #Trump signed an executive order Thursday aimed at making it easier for companies to mine the deep seafloor, saying it would create 'a robust domestic supply for critical minerals.'

"There is currently no commercial-scale deep-sea mining anywhere in the world. But companies have long eyed the ocean floor as a potential source of metals like nickel, cobalt, manganese and copper, which are used in batteries for electric vehicles and other technologies.

"The world has no rulebook for deep-sea mining. One company is pushing forward anyway

"These metals can be found in potato-sized nodules lying on the ocean floor. Many of the nodules are in the middle of the Pacific ocean, beyond the legal territory of individual countries.

"Thursday's order might circumvent ongoing international negotiations to regulate deep-sea mining.

"Those regions have traditionally been overseen by an international organization, the #InternationalSeabedAuthority (#ISA). The ISA has hosted talks for years to try to hammer out a rulebook to govern a potential seabed mining industry. The U.S. did not ratify the treaty that governs the seabed, and is not a voting member of the ISA, though in the past under previous administrations it has respected the ISA process.

"In his executive order, Trump instructed federal agencies to expedite the process for reviewing and issuing permits for mining on the seafloor in both U.S. and international territory. It will use a U.S. law from 1980, the "#DeepSeabed Hard Mineral Resources Act."

"Scientists and environmental groups condemned the order, arguing that opening the deep seabed for mining could disrupt important marine ecosystems, and damage the fishing industry.

" 'This is being planned on some of the least resilient #ecosystems on the planet,' says Douglas McCauley, professor of ocean science at the University of California Santa Barbara. 'It would have #catastrophic biological consequences.'

"Underwater mining can create plumes of sediment that could suffocate marine life, and degrade the #FoodWebs that fish depend on, McCauley says.

"There are also important questions about whether we actually need to be mining the seabed to get enough of these minerals for technologies like batteries, says Micah Ziegler, assistant professor of energy and chemical systems at Georgia Institute of Technology.

"While a couple of years ago researchers were concerned about the limitations of land-based mining for metals like cobalt and nickel, a variety of alternative #battery chemistries have been developed that might reduce the need for those elements, Ziegler says."

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npr.org/2025/04/25/nx-s1-53764

#OceansAreLife #MarineLife #DeepSeaMining #NoDeepSeaMining
#DarkOxygen #LifeOnEarth #Extinction #Nodules #Greenwashing #CorporateColonialism #CorporatePolluters #TrumpSucks #Idiocracy
#BatteryAlternatives #NoCobaltMining #RecycleCopper #RecycleCobalt #RecycleZinc #Recycle! #Ecocide #PlanetDestroyers #HumanGreed #NoJobsOnADeadPlanet

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