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Shell rebuked for ‘greenwash’ over ad for polluting oil project
Aug 13th, 2008 by Administrator |

Independent: The Anglo-Dutch energy giant Shell misled the public about the green credentials of a vastly polluting oil project in Canada, in an attempt to assure consumers of its good environmental record, a media watchdog will rule today. In an embarrassing rejection of Shell’s "greenwash", the Advertising Standards Authority said the company should not have used the word "sustainable" for its controversial tar sands project and a second scheme to build North America’s biggest oil refinery. Both …

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