Feb. 27, 2009 Not sure how many kids will tune into a :30 TV spot created by Academy Award-winning directors Joel and Ethan Coen doing a riff on Air Fresheners to “come clean about dirty coal,” but it’s sure easy for kids to ‘get it’ that there's an elephant in the living room. (isn't he cute? He's not in the ad, I found him on GumTree in London, but he makes the point, … [Read more...]
Coen Brothers Ad For Clean Coal Air Freshener
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Repower America: A Child + Building Blocks = Censorship?
This morning I received a note from the Alliance for Climate Protection's "we can solve it" climate crisis campaign with a chilling opener: “Did you notice the ads after last night's presidential debate? ABC had Chevron. CBS had Exxon. CNN had the coal lobby. But you know what happened last week? ABC refused to run our Repower America ad -- the ad that takes on this … [Read more...]
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