A great ad by Crispin Porter + Bogusky on the reality of Clean Coal.
The reality: There is no such thing as clean coal.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Best TV Ad: Coen Brothers' Clean Coal
With their trademark sardonic wit and style, the Academy-Award winning Coen Brothers bring an appropriate undertone to the "clean" coal spot from the Reality Coalition campaign, which ran on CNN, MSNBC, and Comedy Central, and sped through the Internet. Joel and Ethan Coens' 30-second "ad" turned the slick coal industry's sales job on its head with a slick pitchman selling spray air-freshener spewing black dust, and tagged: "Clean coal is supported by the coal industry, the most trusted name in coal." The consortium of enviros (including Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, and League of Conservation Voters) hit pay dirt mining the two-headed directing team, which is also behind film Burn After Reading. -R.C.
(Via: TreeHugger)
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Ecuador vs. Chevron: Ecuador rejects $700 Million from Chevron
Ecuador rejects $700 million dollars offered by chevron as it is still waiting on that $27,000,000,000 from Chevron, a number erected by experts that examined the area in the Amazon. The Ecuador vs. Chevron case has been in trial since 1993 and still has lengths to go.
Read the article HERE (Bloomberg)
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