greenwashed

Verb

greenwash (third-person singular simple present greenwashes, present participle greenwashing, simple past and past participle greenwashed)

1. (intransitive, transitive) To portray with a false or misleading image of environmental friendliness so as to conceal or obscure damaging activities.
   • But what happens more often is that media “greenwashes” dirty energy sources (coal, gas, nuclear power) as “clean”—a particularly dangerous notion because it belies the threat they pose to our planet and human health.2011, Elaine Wellin, Kristen Seraphin, Project Censored, Censored 2012: The Top 25 Censored Stories of 2010-11, →ISBN, Health and the Environment

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