BP Under Fire For “Misleading” Advertisements

Yesterday the non-profit group lodged an official complaint under international guidelines regarding the campaign, which is BP’s first in 10 years. The group is backing up the complaint with demands that all fossil fuel advertising should be banned unless it comes with a “tobacco-style” warning about the dangers to planet and people. The complaint centers around the fact that the campaigns focus on BP’s renewable energy investments, which represent a small proportion of BP’s business, thus taking focus away from the…