The Greenpeace Guide to Anti-Environmental Organizatio (The Real Story Series) (Paperback)

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Many Americans, concerned about the environment, willingly dig deep in their pockets when asked for a donation by a group with a green-sounding name. Unfortunately, there are many such groups that are fronts for ecologically destructive industries. In this brief but to-the-point book, Deal unmasks more than fifty of them, telling you who's behind them. Make sure your charitable dollars will actually support your principles -- read this book before you donate!

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As people become increasingly aware of issues affecting our environment, corporations must become more creative, and deceitful, to keep consumers on their side. They are investing millions to form covert groups that masquerade as environmentally sound and sensitive companies but which actually spread misinformation, conduct slanted research and lobby the government-all in secret. These companies are participating in "corporate greenwashing," continuing to act without concern for the environment, while spouting environmental rhetoric. This is your guide to knowing who to trust, and who not to. -- From The WomanSource Catalog & Review: Tools for Connecting the Community for Women; review by SH

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Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Odonian Press (July 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1878825054
• ISBN-13: 978-1878825056
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #495,769 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An environmentalist's guide to wolves in sheep's clothing, March 8, 2001

By A Customer

If you want to help sea lions do you turn to the Sea Lion Defense Fund? If you're disturbed about our nation's vanishing wetlands, do you send contributions to the National Wetlands Coalition? And if you're doing a project on global warming, do you turn to the Global Climate Coalition for information?

Then this handy little guide is for you. In an age when so many pro-industry groups have taken on the protective coloration of environmental groups with names indicating ecological concern or scientific objectivity, it's necessary to find out who's REALLY who. This guide is more like a dictionary for translating Orwellian, corporate Newspeak into plain English.

Thus, the Sea Lion Defense Fund aims to "thin out" the sea lion population; the National Wetlands Coalition is a coalition made up chiefly of oil and gas companies who want to limit preservation of wetlands; and the Global Climate Coalition consists of 50 US trade associations who are opposed to many air quality regs.

P.S.: You'll also find Gale Norton's organization in here: the Mountain States Legal Fund.

5.0 out of 5 stars The Truth Is Never Easy, November 25, 2008

By	Gadfly-in-Residence (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews

What bothers cultural conservatives about this little book is that it speaks the truth. If you don't believe it, make your own investigations into these organizations. What you will find is that some rich people are selfish and cynical, imbuing their organizations with the same mean-spirited attitude that they live by. They have forgotten The Bible's admonition against wealth without stewardship:

"For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more." Luke 12:48

0 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Someone who isn't half-retarded, September 14, 2003

By A Customer

I have read this book and it just doesn't make sense. I don't even have time to point out the reasons why. You should read this book too, but be wary.