Who's Green and Who's Greenwashing?

24/7 Wall St. has done another of those worst American Corporation lists. This time: Worst Greenwashers. They compiled a list of the 10 worst "Environmental Champions that Pollute the World." Who they are is not much of a surprise, given what these companies do. As much as we might like to think otherwise, the task of managing a 'green' oil or gas or chemical or waste or auto company is pretty damn hard. There's a lot lifted, but the article itself is long and very detailed. Below is the list and a line for each.
"'Greenwashing' is the act of misleading the public regarding the environmental practices of a company or the environmental benefits of a product, service, or business line. Due to the public’s increased awareness of environmental issues, including global warming, deforestation, and the loss of endangered species, greenwashing has become a staple of corporations marketing efforts."
1. General Electric. "GE was the fifth largest producer of chemicals with four facilities in the top 100 generating 332,336 pounds in waste in 2007."
2. American Electric Power. "AEP is one of nation’s biggest polluters, now that GM is making fewer cars."
3. Exxon Mobil. "According to the company’s 2008 Corporate Citizen’s Report, ExxonMobil has finally admitted that its funding efforts to research groups that deny global warming has an adverse effect on the environment. "
4. DuPont. "The violations alleged by the EPA included “multiple failures to report information to EPA about substantial risk of injury to human health or the environment that DuPont obtained about PFOA from as early as 1981 and as recently as 2004."
5. Archer Daniels Midland. "Although the problem is occurring across Southeast Asia, “the problem is particularly acute in Indonesia which has been named in the 2008 Guinness Book of Records as the country with fastest rate of deforestation." (Where ADM produces palm oil).
6.Waste Management, Inc. "What the ads fail to disclose is that burning trash doesn’t come without a price."
7. International Paper. "Out of the LCV’s Dirty Dozen, International Paper’s PAC has donated thousands of dollars to 5 of the Dirty Dozen, including the leading denier of global warming, Senator Jim Inhofe."
8. BP. "A commercial that played in 2008 suggested that alternative energies were important to BP...was, at the same time, actively lobbying against efforts to limit global warming legislation – beyond petroleum and into the backrooms."
9. Dow Chemical. "As recently as 2008, the company claimed that it needed to measure the amount of the pollution before it could establish a cleanup program."
10. General Motors. (I'm surprised GM isn't higher). "GM has long been one of the most anti-environment companies in America’s history, dating back to its efforts to limit car emission standards. Because of their lobbying efforts, they created a loophole to reduce the average fuel economy of a car-makers fleet.".

*NOTE*There is a related story about Greenwashing and Professional Sports at Critical/Ecological.