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- The forgotten oil ads that told us climate change was nothing Thu, 18 Nov 21, 9:00pmSince the 1980s, fossil fuel firms have run ads touting climate denial messages – many of which they’d now like us to forget. Here’s our visual guide
- ‘We’re going after creatives that greenwash fossil fuels’: the group targeting ad agencies Sat, 11 Sep 21, 8:00pmJamie Henn, the founder of Fossil Fuel Free Media, on how advertising agencies help legitimise the fossil fuel industry
- ‘A great deception’: oil giants taken to task over ‘greenwash’ ads Mon, 19 Apr 21, 3:01pmClientEarth calls for tobacco-like health warnings on advertisements from fossil fuel firms
- Guardian: Rein in Advertising to Save the World from Climate Change Sun, 29 Nov 20, 5:00pmAccording to a think tank report, excessive advertising is driving materialist consumerism which is contributing to the destruction of the world through global warming...
- Guardian to ban advertising from fossil fuel firms Wed, 29 Jan 20, 11:08pmMove follows efforts to reduce carbon footprint and increase reporting on climate crisis
- Swedish newspaper stops taking adverts from fossil fuel firms Thu, 26 Sep 19, 2:00pmDagens ETC says ban is crucial for its credibility and urges other media to follow suit
- Richard Branson chews his nails to fight rhino poaching in new ad Fri, 15 Jan 16, 1:27amA new ad campaign features Sir Richard Branson and a number of Chinese celebrities chewing their nails for a good cause. The goal of the videos is simple: instead of going out and purchasing endangered rhino horn, viewers...
- Hashtag backlash: marketing campaigns that turned into social media disasters Sun, 27 Dec 15, 2:53pmGuardian Australia looks back at some advertising efforts of 2015 that met with stinging criticism online, including Woolworths’ ill-fated Anzac Day campaign
- Walmart forced to remove “Made in the U.S.A.” label from website Mon, 2 Nov 15, 1:00amWalmart has removed “Made in the ” logos from online product listings after an Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigation and accusations of consumer deception...
- SSE's orangutan ad is deeply manipulative Wed, 15 Oct 14, 1:48amScottish and Southern Energys new campaign cynically exploits eco-imagery to misrepresent a very ordinary business
- Governments green deal ad ruled misleading Wed, 27 Aug 14, 4:23pmDecc adverts implied energy savings were guaranteed and did not back up claim scheme boosted property prices, says ASAAn advert for the governments green deal misled householders by implying that energy savings were guaranteed...
- Advertising Standards Authority rules Peabodys clean coal ad misleading Wed, 27 Aug 14, 2:24amWWF on why it stood up to the worlds biggest private coal company over an advert that claimed clean coal technologies would help developing countries
- Are Portable Airbags Coming Soon to a Smartphone Near You? Fri, 13 Dec 13, 3:00amIf there’s one thing all smartphone owners have in common, it’s the anxiety about dropping and cracking an expensive piece of hardware while you’re out and about during the day...
- Portable Airbags: Coming Soon to a Smartphone Case Near You? Thu, 12 Dec 13, 10:00pmIf there’s one thing all smartphone owners have in common, it’s the anxiety about dropping and cracking an expensive piece of hardware while you’re out and about during the day...
- Google X working on green energy project Tue, 18 Jun 13, 10:44pmTop executive Astro Teller calls innovation unit 'moonshot factory of Peter Pans with PhDs kind of running amok'Google's innovation unit Google X is working on a green energy project which its top executive Astro Teller believes...