Lawyers take action against BP’s climate “greenwashing” advertising campaign

Environmental lawyers from ClientEarth have today filed a high-level complaint against oil giant BP, claiming that it is misleading consumers about its focus on low carbon energy and solutions to climate change in its multimillion pound advertising campaign. They are backing up the complaint with a call for a ban on all fossil fuel advertising unless it comes with a tobacco-style health warning about the dangers to the planet and people. The lawyers have triggered an official complaints procedure against the fossil fuel company under the guidelines of the OECD,…

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