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© Win McNamee/Getty Images From introducing recycled packaging to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, companies across the globe are increasingly integrating sustainability into their business models and marketing campaigns as consumers demand social responsibility from corporations.  In recent years, studies have indicated that more Americans are identifying sustainability as a central factor in consumer decisionmaking. In a November 2020 Ipsos poll, roughly 63 percent of U.S. adults said they believed “purchasing sustainable brands or products makes a difference for our environment,”...

PolitiFact's ruling: Mostly False Here's why: Republican opposition to President Joe Biden’s infrastructure proposal has been swift and vocal. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said that as written, the $2.3 trillion American Jobs Plan released March 31 was a nonstarter. The conservative PAC Citizens United put Biden’s plan in the same boat as the Green New Deal, a sweeping environmental and social justice agenda that Republicans have condemned. "Does this sound like an infrastructure bill to you?" the group tweeted March 31, with a link to a New York Times article about the pr...

Fact-check: Is Biden's infrastructure plan the Green New Deal? By Jon Greenberg, PolitiFact.com Replay Video PolitiFact's ruling: Mostly False Here's why: Republican opposition to President Joe Biden’s infrastructure proposal has been swift and vocal. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said that as written, the $2.3 trillion American Jobs Plan released March 31 was a nonstarter. The conservative PAC Citizens United put Biden’s plan in the same boat as the Green New Deal, a sweeping environmental and social justice agenda that Republicans have condemned. © Tariq Ze...

Greenpeace USA Greenpeace jointly files FTC complaint against Chevron Accountability groups file first of its kind FTC complaint against Chevron for misleading consumers on climate action by Ryan Schleeter Email Earthworks, Global Witness, and Greenpeace USA jointly filed a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) complaint against Chevron for unlawfully deceptive advertisements which overstate investment in renewable energy and its commitment to reducing fossil fuel pollution.   March 16, 2021 — Earthworks, Global Witness, and Greenpeace USA jointly filed a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) complaint...

Greenpeace USA by Ryan Schleeter Thousands of Activists Push Biden to End Fossil Fuel Era Climate justice activists marched from the White House to the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in Washington, DC to demand that President Joe Biden Build Back Fossil Free. Photo credit: Movement Catalyst Thousands of activists across the nation ran, rallied, and posted on social media as part of a week of action calling on President Biden to  Activists organized socially-distanced events from San Francisco to Standing Rock to St. James Parish, Louisiana, urging President Joe Biden to protec...