Environment Fails
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Star Tribune FAIL: Forcing a silver lining out of an ugly cloud (startribune.com)
Yes, huge fires in Canada are ruining the environment and sending clouds of smoke hundreds of miles south -- but the lead of this story is the up side, how that cloud of ash will make for pretty sunsets. -
Times of London FAIL: Newspapers Retract 'Climategate' Claims, but Damage Still Done (newsweek.com)
Bogus "climategate" story lives on despite retractions and efforts to clear the names of the scientists involved. (h/t to drgrist) -
Dawn Detergent, Ad Industry FAIL: Oil-soaked Ducklings & Baby Otters Equal Advertising GOLD for Soap Seller (youtube.com)
Is this as cynical & perverse as I think it is? Before you mitigate your response with "but they'll send a dollar to the Gulf" read the small print: UP TO 500K only. Let me be the first to call Dawn out on this exploitative shlock! -
British Petrolium FAIL: BP Blocks Intervies of Crews, Photography of Dead Animals (huffingtonpost.com)
BP is failing to allow the Press access to clean-up workers who out of fear of losing their jobs are not talking to reporters. Additionally, dead animals are not allowed to be photographed. Since when are my actions subject to the pleasure BP?
