98% of all recent environmental claims can be categorized as "greenwashing"

robtherobber 40 points 21 comments April 23, 2026
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pingou

I wouldn't qualify "These commitments appear to rely on offsetting carbon emissions rather than decarbonizing directly" as greenwashing, although it is indeed a bit misleading.

ericpauley

“from the world’s largest meat and dairy companies” Title length limits are tough but this is pretty critical context.

time4tea

Carbon offsetting is a nonsense. Any company that uses it, is doing nothing other than buying a grant to pollute.

awedisee

This is important. If knowledge is power then shared knowledge is EMPOWERING. I can't speak for everyone but I think its beyond time that 'we the people' become empowered and I think the begins with truthful science. I read an article recently which I will share here shortly about a woman named Elizabeth Bik who has made it their career chasing after fake or untrue scientific publications. Ita a wild world we are living in. Good to know people are out there fighting for the rest of us.

vivzkestrel

- i asked a question very recently like what would happen to emissions if the whole world went vegan - feel free to check my history and join the discussion on it - do you think we ll cut down emissions by 60%?

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