Corporate ExxonMobil ad shows scientists in a high-tech lab working to develop “low-carbon technologies" {cue: orchestral violins }
#InformationAsymmetry used. The #greenwashing ad "had disturbingly persistent effects":
Actual investments in renewable energy ≠ claims in ads. But actual data comparisons "did not fully reverse or correct greenwashing ads' initial impact".
Big polluters increasingly present themselves as green to avoid accountability.
https://www.desmog.com/2023/07/27/why-greenwashing-works-how-to-fight-it-gaslit/