Of the 70 minutes that made up President Obama’s State of the Union address last night, he took about four — count ‘em, four — to focus on the environment and clean energy. I don’t want to hold it too much against him, though, since I thought the speech was quite moving, and accomplished its goal of reassuring an angry and disillusioned American public that the promise of hope the president campaigned on hasn’t been completely lost in the mire of Washington politics.

NRDC Action Fund Launches Star-Studded Video Campaign to Spur Action on Clean Energy.  Leonardo DiCaprio, Jason Bateman, Chace Crawford, Felicity Huffman, Justin Long, Edward Norton, Emmy Rossum, Forest Whitaker join forces in This is Our Moment Video Campaign.

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Lies slip through the crack,
Cause green is the new black,
Don't believe everything,
Beware of greenwashing!

The Corporate Spin-Cycle

These days, consumers are constantly bombarded by companies, products, services, and ad campaigns that claim to be green or environmentally friendly. However, too often companies and corporations practice "green washing," which according to Greenpeace is the "cynical use of environmental themes to whitewash corporate misbehavior." Here are a few ways from Greenpeace to spot these environmental frauds.