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When companies exaggerate or present false statements about their environmental practices or sustainability efforts, this is called greenwashing (1,2).
Here are 3 greenwashing tactics used by big oil and gas corporations to appear supportive of climate action, while in reality justifying the expansion and continued extraction of fossil fuels (3,4,5):
- Use words like “natural” to describe fossil fuels.
- Create “certified gas” programs.
- Evoke images of nature in marketing campaigns
These are just a few examples of the industry’s vast repertoire of greenwashing tactics. By obscuring their true environmental impacts, oil and gas companies delay and distract us from concrete climate solutions (1,2).
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Here are 3 greenwashing tactics used by oil and gas corporations:
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- Use words like “natural” to describe fossil fuels.
- Create “certified gas” programs.
- Evoke images of nature in marketing campaigns
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