Opinion: HHS says it is working against climate change. But it’s really climate washing
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has stated it will do all that it can to mitigate the health care industry’s greenhouse gas emissions. The evidence suggests it is climate washing.
Climate washing is defined as a government or business providing inadequate, inaccurate, misleading, or false public information about its climate policy ambitions or implementation efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, especially when the claims are made without independent third-party assurance. More simply, climate washing means simultaneously engaging in positive communications about climate performance and negative climate practices.
