Join us to tackle the subject of Greenwashing, with Professor Chris Russill, Director of re.Climate at Carleton University and expert Iris Fairley-Beam as they help us to understand how “green fakes” mislead us by making false or misleading statements about the environmental benefits and harms of a product or practice.
SUGGESTED READINGS:
Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE):
Greenwashing Big Oil & Gas: the Fossil Fuel Deception Playbook
Take action against Fossil Fuel greenwashing
National Observer
Oilsands disinformation is worse than you think, by Chris Russill, Patrick McCurdy and Jenny Kliever (April 12, 2024)
Energy Research & Social Science:
Greenwashing, net-zero, and the oil sands in Canada: The case of Pathways Alliance, by Melissa Aronczyk, Patrick McCurdy and Chris Russill (June 2024).
Corporate Knights:
Canada’s new anti-greenwashing rules are not as bad as the oil and gas industry says, by Iris Fairley-Beam and Julien O. Beaulieu
“Will free speech derail North America’s climate finance agenda“, by Iris Fairley-Beam and Julien O. Beaulieu.