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NYK   |  6 comments

Can NYK Be a "Green" Shipping Company and Still Build Coal-Carrying Super-Tankers?

Tokyo-based shipping company NYK Line has done a lot to boost its green credentials: The company docked its first solar-powered cargo ship in Los Angeles this month, recently released a concept design for a ship juiced up with fuel ...READ»

gm

The Ultimate Greenwash: GM Might Change Its Corporate Logo From Blue to Green

It's not a done deal yet, but GM is reportedly considering a change from its traditional blue logo to a green one that shows consumers it is lean, green, quick-thinking and focused on fuel efficiency. A word of advice for GM: this is ...READ»

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MACBOOK   |  Comment

Dell Challenges Apple's Advertising in Battle for Green Domination

Apple has changed the tagline for its MacBooks from "the world's greenest family of notebooks" to "the world's greenest line of notebooks" because of a recommendation from the Better Business Bureau's National ...READ»

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Exxon's Brazen Greenwashing, on the Front Page of The New York Times

Exxon's new ads tout the idea that car emissions are 95% lower now than in 1970. But not so fast, says one scientist.READ»

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I LOHAS   |  3 comments

Coca-Cola Japan Sells Easy-Crush Water Bottles to Save Plastic, But Is It Greenwashing?

Good for more than just illusory feats of strength, Coca-Cola Japan's new 520ml I LOHAS mineral water bottles can be easily crushed into a 12 gram piece of plastic--that's 40% less plastic than similar PET bottles. ...READ»

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DESIGN   |  Comment

Green-washing, through Green Design

It's not only the virtuous who are jumping on to the green-building bandwagon: Companies hoping to burnish spotty track records are hopping on as well. The blog Green Building Elements did a helpful service, gathering ten of the ...READ»

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Live From Greenbuild 2008: The Paradox of Green Conferences

We were actually going to boycott it," a rep from Forbo told me. He and I were standing amid a sea of thousands of booths at Greenbuild 2008, each hawking a building product with an eco-spin. The "it" their rep was referring to was boycotting the Greenbuild conference itself.READ»

Whole Foods Takes a Stand

On Earth Day next week, the natural and organic foods supermarket Whole Foods will stop offering plastic bags to its customers. So how are you expected to carry home your granola, fruit juice, soymilk and edamame? It's down to paper ...READ»

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