The story
Blend of green + whitewashing (or green + -wash + -ing).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: The practice by people, organizations and states of presenting themselves as environmentally-friendly and progressive in order to disguise or divert attention away from their actual environmentally damaging behavior. Full definition →
Blend of green + whitewashing (or green + -wash + -ing).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.