environmentalism
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Apple Called Out for ‘Scientifically Inaccurate’ Greenwashing
Apple has been touting its environmental bonafides, but the EU’s largest consumer organisation calls all mention of ‘carbon neutral’ misleading.
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Republican Operatives Are Astroturfing Opposition to Solar Power
Several grassroots groups opposed to solar projects in local areas may have one thing in common: a Virginia-based group with powerful GOP connections advising them on strategy. National Public Radio and environmental news collective Floodlight published an expose Friday on a group called Citizens for Responsible Solar, a nonprofit founded in 2019, and its substantial influence…
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Workers Accuse Amazon’s Rings of Power of Environmental Damage in New Zealand
Amazon’s new hit show, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, brought viewers back to the gorgeous world Middle-earth, once again filmed in New Zealand. But the country’s pristine landscape may be suffering under this production and others, as workers speaking to The Guardian described vast waste and lack of care for the…
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New York Dems Kill Renewable Energy Bill
A bill that would have substantially increased renewable power generation for the state of New York was killed at the 11th hour by politicians with deep financial relationships to corporate interests. It’s a classic political story — but this one involves factions of Democrats, and some of those corporate interests include the renewable energy industry.