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Australia sees rise in greenwashing front groups

2014-06-13 20:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Australia is seeing a rise in groups that purport to champion environmental causes but are actually actively undermining them as front organizations for industrial interests, argues an op-ed published in The Ecologist. William F. Laurance, a scientist at James Cook University, highlights recent campaigns by several organizations with green-sounding names, including a push by the "Australian Environment Foundation" to delist World Heritage listing for 74,000 hectares of rainforests in the Tasmania...

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Indonesian 'legal' timber scheme could be greenwashing illegal products, NGOs warn

2014-04-07 07:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Flaws in the countrys system to verify legal wood products could have implications for trade with Europe, as new research suggests even certified companies in Indonesia may not be meeting EU standards Indonesian civil society groups have called on their government to reform its legal timber certification system, pointing to widespread illegal practices among certified companies and an auditing system that is almost impossible for companies to fail. The Anti Forest-Mafia Coalition, a group...

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Greenwashing Frackings Devastating Climate Impact

2013-08-13 18:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: Several years ago, Utah public health officials realized they had a big problem on their hands--one with national implications as other states were racing to increase oil and gas drilling. Smog levels in the states rural Uintah basin were rivaling those found in Los Angeles or Houston on their worst days. The culprit, an U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report concluded earlier this year: oil and gas operations. The industry was responsible for roughly 99 percent of the volatile organic...

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